RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 004, ex. 030

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P421849

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P421849.

Transliteration

[...]-mesz# _e2#_ [...]
[...] sza# u4-me pa-ni# [...]
[_...]-mesz_-ia ip-par-szi-du ul#-tu# [...]
[...] _na-ru2-a_ u2-sze-pisz-ma li-[...]
[...]-mu#-u-a is-pa-ba-a-ra _lugal_-szu2-un [...]
[...] _iri#-mesz e2 lugal_-ti-szu2 a-di 3(u) 4(disz) _iri-mesz#_ [...]
[...] u3# _u8-udu hi-a_ a-na la mi#-nam# asz2#-lu#-[...]
[...] x x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 004, ex. 030. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P421849) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P421849..

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