RINAP 3/2 Sennacherib x1024, ex. 001

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P466806

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P466806.

Transliteration

[...] x marduk#-[...]
[...]-u2# [...]
[...] x-szu2 i-na er-s,e-et# [...]
[...] x x-szu2 ina qe2-reb# [...]
[... tasz]-me#-e u sa-li-[me ...]
[...] x ki _masz szum_ ta#? [...]
[...]-ha#-pi-ia sin x [...]
[...] x _har_ ra x a#-di# _iri#-[..._]
[... u2]-paq#-qi2-[du? x] x [...]
[...] x x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 3/2 Sennacherib x1024, 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 (P466806) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P466806..

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