RINAP 4 Esarhaddon x1017, ex. 001

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P399176

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P399176.

Transliteration

[...] x _i7_ [...]
[...] szi-mat a-[...]
[... _]1(u)-5(disz)_ i-sza2-qu um-[...]
[...] asz2-lu-la sza2-x [...]
[...] x-gu lib3-ba-sza2 ha-sze-e-sza2 lu [...]
[...] x-szu2 _nimgir_-ia _lid_ szu-uh-tu2 asz2-x [...]
[...]-ti-ik 2(disz)-tum _mu-an-na_ il-[...]
[...] x usz-te-esz-sze-ra ka-ra-szi ab-[...]
[...]-ia# lu-u ha-mut-ti x [...]
[...] x i-kar-ra-bu#? x [...]
[...] x _szu_ x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 4 Esarhaddon x1017, 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 (P399176) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P399176..

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