RINAP 3/2 Sennacherib 163, ex. 001

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P395703

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P395703.

Transliteration

mu-szak-lil ma#-ha#-[zi-szu2 mu-ma-ag-gir _kur_ na-ki-ri]
mu-ab-bit da-ad2-me#-[szu-un ...]
e-nu-ma s,a-lam an-szar2 _en#_-[ia ... ud?]-di#?-szu#?
pa-ra-as, e2#-szar2#-[ra u2-szak]-li#-lu
ki _lugal-gin lugal# [kur_ asz-szur a]-bi#-ia
a-bi lu-u [...]
a-szar-szu2? [...] x-pi-ia
masz#? [... _an]-szar2_
[...] u
[...]
[...]-a
szi#-ik-nu sza _ugu kun4-mesz_
sza a-lal-lum sza _e2_ asz-szur
sza _lugal_ ina muh-hi i-za-zu-ni
qaq-qu-ru i-na-asz2-szi-qu-ni

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 3/2 Sennacherib 163, 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 (P395703) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P395703..

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