RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 005, ex. 001

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P393942

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P393942.

Transliteration

[en-zu-szesz-mesz-eri-ba _lugal gal_-u2 _lugal_ dan-nu _lugal_ kisz-sza2-ti _lugal kur_ asz-szur _lugal_ kib-rat _limmu2_-ti _re-e2-um_ it-pe-szu2] mi-gir _dingir-mesz gal-mesz#_
[na-s,ir kit-ti ra-'i-im mi-sza2-ri e-pisz u2-sa-a-ti a-lik tap-pu-ut a-ki-i sa-hi-ru] dam#-qa-a-ti
[et,-lu git2-ma-lum zi-ka-ru qar-du a-sza2-red kal mal-ki rap-pu la-'i-it, la ma-gi-ri mu-szab-ri-qu za]-ma#-a-ni
[a-na ar-kat3 u4-me ina _lugal-mesz_-ni _dumu-mesz_-ia sza asz-szur a-na _re-e2-um_-ut _kur_ u3 _ug3-mesz_ i-nam-bu-u zi-kir-szu2 e-nu-ma x x sza2-a-tu i-lab-bi-ru]-ma# en-na-hu#
[an-hu-us-su? lu-ud-disz _mu-sar_-a szi-t,ir szu-mi-ia li-mur-ma _i3-gesz_ lip-szu-usz _siskur_ liq-qi2 a-na asz2-ri-szu2 li-ter asz-szur u3 isz-tar ik-ri-bi-szu2] i-szem-mu-u#
[... _n-ta-am3 mu-didli mu-sar_-e ... li-mu en-lugal-an-ni _gar] kur#_ kur-ba-il3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 005, ex. 001. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P393942) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P393942..

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