RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 004, ex. 010

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P450288

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P450288.

Transliteration

[...] sza2-na-an re#-[...]
[...]-i sa#-[...]
[...] la ma-gi#-[...]
[...] pa-rak-ki u2-[...]
[...] re-s,i-szu2 i-na ta-[...]
[_]kunga#-mesz_ sza ina qit-ru-ub ta-ha-zi# [...]
[...] _ku3-sig17 ku3-babbar na4_ a-qar-tu mim-ma szum-szu2 _nig2#-[x_ ...]
[...]-bi#-lu#-tu2# _e2-gal_-usz u2-sze-[...]
[...] li#-me-ti-szu2-nu al#-me _kur_-ud asz2-[...]
[...] a-di _dumu-mesz iri en_ hi-it,-t,i [...]
[...] a#-na# _nam#_-ti# asz2-kun-ma [...]
[...] x x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 004, ex. 010. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P450288) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P450288..

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