RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 003, ex. 023 ?

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P426162

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P426162.

Transliteration

[...]-am#-ma# [...]
[...]-ri# a-lak ger#-[...]
[x x]-szir# i-zir-tu2 _iri#_ [...]
[x x] at-ra-a-na _iri#_ [...]
[x]-na#-bit e-hu-uz mar#-[x x]
[x] i#-zir-tu2 ur-me-e-te uz#-bi#-[x]
_[x]-mesz_ dan-nu-ti-szu2 al-me#
[x x] a#-szi-bu-ti _iri-mesz_ sza2-a-tu-[x]
[...]-ma nap-szat-su-nu u2-si-iq u2-kar#-[x]
[x x]-u szu-a-tu ak-szu-ud ap-pul aq#-[x]
[x x] _gesz#-bar_ aq-mu ma-lak 1(u) u4-me [...]
[x]-szah#-ri-ir-ma sza2-qu-um-ma-tu2 [...]
[...]-iq ger-ri-ia _iri-mesz_ sza2# [...]
[...] x x? x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 003, ex. 023 ?. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P426162) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P426162..

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