RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 077, ex. 003

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P393950

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P393950.

Transliteration

[...] e-pe-szu [...]
[...] e#-pisz e2-sag-il2 [...]
[...]-zi# ka-li-szu2-nu mu-ud-[...]
[...]-tu ul-tu qe2-reb _kur_ asz-szur [...]
[...] isz-tar sza limmu2-dingir be-el-ti-szu2 za#-[...]
[...]-e# na-'i-i-ri lah3-me# [...]
[...]-sze#-pisz-ma ne2-reb _ka2-mesz_-[...]
[...] _an#-szar2_ 3(u) utu ag u [...]
[...]-ti a-di tam-tim szap#-[...]
[...] ma#-al-ki la [...]
[...] na#-[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 077, ex. 003. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P393950) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P393950..

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