RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 004, ex. 013

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P421848

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P421848.

Transliteration

[x] en-zu-szesz-mesz-eri#-[...]
[x]-s,ir kit-ti ra-'i#-[...]
[x]-lu# git2-ma-lum zi#-[...]
[x x]-szur# _kur_-u2 _gal_-u2 _lugal#_-[...]
[x]-na# mah-re-e ger-ri#-[...]
[x]-na# _muru2_ tam-ha-ri szu-[...]
[x]-na# _e2-gal_-szu2 sza qe2-reb# [...]
_dam#_-su _ug3-mesz e2-gal#_-[...]
[x x] x x x [...]
[...] [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 004, ex. 013. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P421848) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P421848..

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