RINAP 4 Esarhaddon x1012, ex. 001

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P395560

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P395560.

Transliteration

[...] _man_ ur-ar-t,a-ma# [x x] sze#-tu-u2-[...]
[...] la na-sze2-e hu-bu-ut sza [...]
[...] sza2 _ad_ ba-ni-ia isz-ta-[...]
[...]-al-lu-u2 [...]
[... ]en-lil2 asz2-szu [...]
[...] ba#-[...]
[...] la ni-i-[...]
[...]-su# szik-nat la-[...]
[...] _sag_-ia _ugu_-szu2 u2-[...]
[...] ih#-t,u-u2 _ugu_-szu2 u2-[...]
[...]-_mu#-gar_-un _dumu_ nin-[...]
[...]-ti ina _gu-za_-szu2 u2-sze-szib [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 4 Esarhaddon x1012, 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 (P395560) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P395560..

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