RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 003, ex. 031 ?

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P452488

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P452488.

Transliteration

[...] x x [...]
[...]-kun# _un-mesz#_ a-ri#-[...]
[...]-bu# ina _tukul-mesz# e2# edin#_ [...]
[...]-zu# ip#-qi2#-du a#-na gesz-bar _gu4#-[...]_
_[...]-mal#-mesz_ a-me-lu#-tu isz-lu-lu-u-ni# [...]
[...] ka#-la#-mu a-na si-hir#-[x x]
[...]-u2# a#-na pat, gim-ri#?-[x]
[...] s,e#-e-ni u2-par-ri-[x]
_[...]-mesz# kur_ asz-szur
_[...]-gam#-mal#-mesz_ ina 1(disz) [x]
[...] _ka2#_ ma-hi-ri#
[...] ha#-be2#-e#
[...]-ha#?-ru#?

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 003, ex. 031 ?. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P452488) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P452488..

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