RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 101, ex. 001

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P397406

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P397406.

Transliteration

[...] dan-dan-na-ku e-tel-la-ku szit-ra-ha-[ku ...]
[... kab]-ta-ku szur-ru-ha-ku ina gi-mir _lugal-mesz_ sza2-ni-[na ...]
[... ni]-szit _an-szar2_ ag szu2 ni-bit 3(u) mi-gir [a-nim ...]
[... na-ra]-am szar-ra-ti isz-tar i-lat kal gim-[ri ...]
[...] la pa-du-u2 mu-rib _kur_ nu-[kur2-ti ...]
[...] qab-li u ta-ha-zi sza-gisz [...]
[...] musz-har-mi3-t,u ga-[re-e-szu2 ...]
[... la kan]-szu-ti-szu2 sza2 nap-har kisz-szat [...]
[... _en]-mesz_-ia _mah-mesz_ [...]
[...] sza2-na-an a-[na ...]
[...] kit-tu x [...]
[...] x x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 101, ex. 001. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P397406) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P397406..

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