RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 054, ex. 002

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P395585

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P395585.

Transliteration

[...] ar-[...]
[...] hasz-la-ti [...]
[...] _kar_-asz-szur sza [...]
[...] _ansze_ hasz-la#-[...]
[...] _kar-en-kur-kur_ [...]
[...] 6(disz) _ansze_ pi-ni-gu 1(gesz2) 1(u) _ansze_ [...]
[...] _sze lal3-mes_ 6(disz) _me_ 1(u) 2(disz) [...]
[_...]-mesz ta sza3 kur-kur_ sza2-ti-na sza [...]
[...]-na _szu-min_-ia im-nu-u ar-[...]
[...]-mi3-it _ku3-sig17 ku3-babbar na4-mesz_ ki-szit-ti [...]
[...] u3 szal-lat mu-s,ur [...]
[...]-kul-ti asz-szur _en_-ia ik-szu-[...]
[...] _kur eme-gi7_ uri [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 054, ex. 002. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P395585) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P395585..

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