RINAP 3/2 Sennacherib 135, ex. 001

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P422159

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P422159.

Transliteration

[sin-pap-mesz-su _man gal_-u2 _man_ dan-nu _man szu2 man] kur_ asz-szur _man_ kib-rat _limmu2_-tim
[... _dumu_ lugal-gi-na ... _man gal_-u2] _man#_ dan-nu _man szu2 man kur_ asz-[szur]
[_(man_ kib-rat _limmu2_-tim) i-na mah-re-e ger-ri]-ia# sza2 marduk-ibila#-[szum2-na]
[_man_ kar2-dun-ia2-asz3 ...] asz2#-tak-an _bad5-bad5#_-[szu2]
[...] x x x x [x x x?]
[...] x x
[...] _bur#_ at-ti _ud ud_ di-ni
[... szi-pir?] _szu-min_-ia2 ta-mur i-li2
[...] suk#-ki ina _kur uri ki_-tim
[...] _sze? li igi_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 3/2 Sennacherib 135, 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 (P422159) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P422159..

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