RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 010, ex. 001

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P393952

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P393952.

Transliteration

an-szar2-szesz-szum2-na _lugal szu2 man kur_ asz-szur _szagina_ babila2 _lugal kur eme-gi7_ u uri
sza pa-lah _dingir-mesz_ u isz-ta-ri ra-bisz mu-du-u2
ba-nu-u2 _e2_ an-szar2 e-pisz e2-sag-il2 babila2
_dumu_ 3(u)-pap-mesz-su _lugal szu2 lugal kur_ asz-szur _dumu_ lugal-gi-na _lugal szu2 lugal kur_ asz-szur
_szagina#_ babila2# _lugal# kur eme-gi7_ u3 uri
[...] ul-tu u4-me pa-ni i-na ki-sal e2-masz-masz
[...] s,e#-eh#-rat szu-bat-su u3 _e2_ utu
x x x
e-[...]
_nun egir_-u2 [...]
a-na _sipa_-ut _kur_ u _ug3-mesz_ i-nam-bu-u2 zi-kir-szu2 e#-nu-ma esz-re-[e-ti sza-ti-na? i]-lab-bi-ra-ma
e-na-ha _mu-sar_-u2 szi-t,ir _mu_-ia li-mur-ma _i3-gesz_ lip-szu-usz _siskur bal_-qi2
szu-mi3 it-ti _mu_-szu lisz-t,ur a-na asz2-ri-szu lu-ter
3(u) u utu _iti_-szam la na-par-ka-a liq-bu-u2 dum-qe2-e-szu
[kin]-inanna _u4 2(u)-kam_ li-mu ad-ra-mu _sukkal gal_-u2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 010, 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 (P393952) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P393952..

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