RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 049, ex. 001

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P425741

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P425741.

Transliteration

[...] papnun [...]
[...] szar-ra-tu [_gal_-tu ...]
[... tu-ut-tu]-szu2-ma ta-asz2-szu2-szu2 a-na# [_lugal_-ti ...]
[... _lugal_ kib-rat _limmu2_]-tim mi-gir _dingir-mesz [gal-mesz_ ...]
[... e]-pisz# e2-sag-il2 u babila2[ ...]
[... u2]-szar#-mu-u pa-rak da-ra-a-ti [...]
[...] _sa2#-du11_ gi-nu-u u2-kin-nu qe2-reb-szin [...]
[...] i-na-s,a-ru u4-mu _dingir_ esz-sze-[e-szu ...]
[... a-na szum-qut a-a-bi _kur_] asz-szur u2-szat-bu-u _tukul-mesz_-[szu2 ...]
[...] i#-szu-u la ut-tu-u sza2-ni-[na ...]
[... sza2 ul-tu s,i-it ]utu-szi a-di e-reb _[utu_-szi i-sza2-risz it-tal-la-ku-ma ...]
[...] pa-ni-szu te-[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 049, 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 (P425741) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P425741..

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