RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 004, ex. 075

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P450319

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P450319.

Transliteration

[...] x [...]
[...] ki#-su#-u2-szu u2-sza2#-[...]
[...]-la#-a-nu ina usz-szi-szu# [...]
[...] mah#-ri-i us,-s,ip-ma 1(disz) _me_ 1(gesz2) 2(u) ti#-[...]
[...] u2-rad-di-ma u2-sza2-an#-[...]
[...] e2#-gal-za3-di-nu-tuku-a a-na mu-szab _lugal#_-[...]
[...]-i# u3 kal-di qe2-reb-[...]
[_...]-ki#_ pil-ku u2-pal-lik-ma# [...]
[...]-na# ak-kul-la-te _an-bar#_ [...]
[...] qe2#-reb# s,ip-pa-a-ti# [...]
[...]-re#-e-[x] u3# [...]
[...] be#-lu-ti-ia# [...]
[...] _ugu_ kul-[...]
[...] _e2-gal#_ [...]
[...] x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 004, ex. 075. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P450319) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P450319..

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