RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 004, ex. 071

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P393935

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P393935.

Transliteration

[...] x x x a ab-bu# [...]
[...] it#-ti _esir-ud-a_ ak-si-ma _a-sza3_ ul-[...]
[_...]-sa2#_ 2(disz) _me_ 1(gesz2) 8(disz) ina _as4-lum gal_-ti _sag-ki muru2_-[...]
[...]-ri# a-mur-ri ku-tal _e2_ ziq#-[...]
[...] tam-la-a u2-mal-li-ma am-szu-uh# [...]
[_...]-pi#_-i-li rab-ba-a-te ki-su-u2-szu u2-[...]
[...] szap-la-nu ina usz-szi-[...]
[...] s,e#-er mah-ri-i us,-s,ip-ma 1(disz) _me_ 1(gesz2) 2(u)# [...]
[...]-ri-ti u2-rad-di-ma u2-[...]
[...]-ni# e2-gal-za3-di-nu-tuku-a a-na [...]
[...]-i u3 kal-di qe2-[...]
[_...]-mesz# nina_ [...]
[...] x x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 004, ex. 071. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P393935) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P393935..

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