RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 003, ex. 018 ?

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P401757

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P401757.

Transliteration

[...] 1(u) 5(disz)# sza# [x x]
[x] 1(u) 5(disz)# sza2 limmu2-dingir u2#-[...]
[...]-as#-hal-ta-a _lugal#_ ma#-'a#-[x]
[...] _me3#_ isz-ku-na _bad5-bad5_-szu2
[...]-ti# _ug3-mesz_-szu2
[...] u2-s,ab-bit ina _szu-min_
[...] id#-di-ma
[...]-sze#-bi-la#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 003, ex. 018 ?. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P401757) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P401757..

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