RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 096, ex. 002

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P427875

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P427875.

Transliteration

asz-szur-pap-asz _man szu2 man kur_ asz
_e2-gal_ sza qe2-reb tar-bi-s,i
ul-tu _usz8_-szu2 a-di gaba-dib-bi-szu2
esz-szisz u2-sze-pisz

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 096, 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 (P427875) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P427875..

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