RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 003, ex. 120 ?

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P392201

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392201.

Transliteration

[...] x x? [...]
[...] zu-ut-ka# ina# _muru2#_ [...]
[...]-mi3#-sza2 _du10-ga_ tah-s,i-in-ka#-[x]
[...] gi#-mir la-a-ni-ka#
[...]-sza2# gesz-bar in-na-pi-ih#
[...]-at#-ta-s,i a-na a-ha-a-ti#
[...]-um-man _lugal_ elam-ma
[...]-at# pa-nu-usz-sza2 tasz-kun
[...] _1(u)-5(disz)-mesz_ i-sin-ni an#-szar2 _mah_
[...]-an#-nar3 _an_-e u# [x x]
[...] x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 003, ex. 120 ?. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA (P392201) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392201..

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