RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 117, ex. 001

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P450510

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P450510.

Transliteration

[...] x x [...]
[... _nun_ na]-a#-du na-ram [_numun-du3_-tum ...]
[... _lugal_ szah]-tu sza2 be-lut-su-nu pu#-[tuq-qu-ma ...]
[... re-e-szu] mut#-nen-nu-u2 asz2-ru# [...]
[...] esz#-re-e-ti ab-ta-a-ti [...]
[... a-na szu]-te-szur pel-lu-de-[e ma-szu-u2-ti ...]
[... a-na nu]-uh#-hu# lib3-bi _dingir_-ti-ka _gal_-[ti ...]
[... tu-ma-al-lu-u2 qa-tu]-usz-szu2 i-na _bala_-e _lugal_ mah-re#-[e ...]
[...] kul#-lat ma-ha-zi gi-x [...]
[...] a-szi-bu-ut qer-bi-[...]
[...] x x man-nu ul [...]
[...] x _ma ni_ [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 117, 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 (P450510) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P450510..

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