RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 006, ex. 013 ?

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P422693

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P422693.

Transliteration

[...] x x x x? x [...]
[...] sza# limmu2-dingir _dingir-mesz gal-mesz en#-mesz#_-ia#
[...] ik-nu-sza2 a-na ni-ri-ia
[...]-ti3#-szu2 up#-na#-a-szu2 ip-ta-a u2-s,al-la-a _en_-u-ti#
[...]-in#-ni _dumu usz_-ti-szu2
[...]-pu#-ram-ma u2-na-asz2-sziq _giri3-min_-ia
[...]-ia# sza2 szul-me u2-ma-'e-er _edin_-usz#-[x]
[...]-bi#-la a-na e-pesz _agrig#_-[x x]
[...] sza# ina tar-s,i _lugal-mesz ad#-[x_ x]
[...] a#-di mah#-[x x]
[...] ma#-da-at#-[x x]
[...]-ma# e-mi3#-[x x]
[...] _en#-iri#_ [...]
_un-mesz#_ [...]
x x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 006, ex. 013 ?. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P422693) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P422693..

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