RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 012, ex. 001

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P422663

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P422663.

Transliteration

[3(u)-pap-mesz-su] _lugal# gal lugal_ dan-nu _man szu2 man kur_ asz-szur
[_lugal_ kib-rat _limmu2_-tim mut]-tar-ru-u2 _ug3-mesz dagal-mesz_
[e-pisz s,a-lam _an-szar2_ a-nim 3(u)] utu iszkur u-gur _1(u)-5(disz)_ sza _e2_-kid-mur-ri
[_dingir-mah_ u3 _dingir-mesz gal-mesz_] mu-szak-lil pa-ra-as, e2-szar2-ra
[u3 e2-masz-masz sza2 pa-lah3] _dingir#-mesz_ sza2 _an_-e u3 _dingir-mesz kur_ asz-szur
[ra-bisz mu-du-u e-pisz _kur_] asz-szur mu-szak-lil ma-ha-zi#-[szu2]
[na-si-ih na-ki-ri mu-ab-bit da]-ad2#-me-szu2-un ma-[al-ku]
[mu-nak-kir3 _mu-sar_-a-a da-a-a-i-s,i a-ma-ti-ia _an-szar2 man dingir-mesz_ u _dingir-mesz gal]-mesz_
[sza _an_-e u3 _ki_-tim ar-rat la nap-szu-ri ma-ru-usz-tu2] li#-ru-ru-szu-ma
[_lugal_-su lis-ki-pu _ti-la_-szu2 li-ki-mu-szu2 _mu_-szu2 _numun_-szu2 _nunuz_-szu2 na-an-nab-szu2] i#-na _ka un-me_ li-hal-li-qu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 012, 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 (P422663) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P422663..

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