RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 060, ex. 002

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P403357

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P403357.

Transliteration

[...] x [...]
[...]-ta?-a-me ki-[...]
[...] ke#-nisz im-ma-al-du [...]
[_...]-mesz#_ in-ne2-ep-szu-ma u2#-[...]
[...] _gun#_ s,a-ri-ru [...]
[...]-ri la pat-qu u2-[...]
[...]-szu#-un ma-a'-disz szu-[...]
[...]-rat#-su-un in#-[...]
[...] x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 060, 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 (P403357) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P403357..

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