RINAP 4 Esarhaddon x1004, ex. 001

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P424528

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P424528.

Transliteration

[...] _lugal#? ta na e2_ x [...]
[...] szu#-bat ne-eh-te u2-sze-[szib ...]
[...]-i _kur_ be-li e-ti#?-[...]
[...] x _me kaskal-min_ sza2?-ti _nig2-szu_ sza? u2-du#?-[...]
[...] _x-mesz_ sza e2-sag-gil2 u babila2 [...]
[...] x _ku3_ u2-sze-rib-szu2-nu-ti [...]
[...] x _a ti lu kisz me ib ri_ x x [...]
[...] x-il am-ra kad3-ra-a-[a ...]
[...] _um#? s,i?_ im-hur u2-[...]
[... i]-na# _kur_ u2-hal-li-qu _kal_ [...]
[...] x _zu ma#?_ x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 4 Esarhaddon x1004, 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 (P424528) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P424528..

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