RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 078, ex. 005

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P393947

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P393947.

Transliteration

[...] x [...]
[... szu]-me-ri [...]
[...]-kul-ti _an-szar2 en_-ia ik-szu-da [...]
[...] sza qe2-reb kal-ha ma-aq-qu-[...]
[...]-li sza u4-me pa-ni u2-[...]
[...] da-na-an _an-szar2_ [...]
[...] s,e-ru-usz-szu2 u2-[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 078, ex. 005. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P393947) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P393947..

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