RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 006, ex. 019 ?

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P392315

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392315.

Transliteration

[...]-ma# a#-na# szu#-zu#-ub# _zi#_-[x x]
[x x]-bit# a-na qe2-reb ni-i'#
[x x]-a-tu as,#-bat _erin2-hi-a_-ia
[x x]-rib u2-sze-szib ina lib3-bi
[...]-u2# _lugal_ me-em-pi u sa-a-a
[...]-da3#-ri _lugal_ [x] s,i-i'-nu
[...]-ru _lugal_ [x] na-at-hu-u#
[...]-ru _lugal#_ [x] pi#-szap#-[x]
[...]-u# [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 006, ex. 019 ?. 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 (P392315) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392315..

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