RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 020, ex. 001

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P426268

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P426268.

Transliteration

[...] s,e#-ru#-usz-szu2#-un#
[a-na na-gi-ti a]-la-ku aq-bi
[_erin2-mesz_ ha-at-ti hu]-bu#-ut _pan-mesz_-ia#
[i-na nina u2-sze-szib-ma] _ma2-mesz_ s,i-ra#-[a]-te#
[e-pisz-ti _kur_-szu-un ib]-nu-u2 nak#-lisz
[_ma2-lah5-mesz_] s,ur#-[ra]-a#-a
[s,i-du-un-na-a-a ia-am?]-na#-a-a
[ki-szit-ti _szu-min_-ia u2-sza2-hi-su-nu]-ti# ur-tu
[qe2-reb idigna it-ti] szi-na-ti
[a-na qid-da-ti a-di ]u2-pi-a
[u2-sze-qel-pu-u2 u3 _ta_ u2-pi-a na?]-ba#?-lisz
[u2-sze-lu-szi-na]-ti#-ma
[s,e-er gur2-gu-ge a-na] zimbir#?

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 020, 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 (P426268) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P426268..

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