RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 009, ex. 030

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P423198

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P423198.

Transliteration

[...]-ma#? ik#?-[...]
[...]-lat,# _zi_-ti3-szu2# [...]
[...]-la#-a _en_-u2-ti e-ri-si#-[x x]
[x] ri#-du-ti-szu2 a-na nina isz#-[...]
[x]-na-asz2-szi-qa _giri3-min_-ia re-e-mu ar#-[...]
_a_ szip-ri-ia sza szul-me u2-ma-'e#-[...]
_dumu#-munus_ s,i-it lib3-bi-szu2 u2-sze-[x x]
a#-na e-pesz _agrig_-u2-[x]
ma#-da-at-ta-szu2 mah-ri#-[x]
sza ina ter#-s,i# _[x]-mesz ad#-mesz#_-[x]
u2#-szab#-t,i#-lu isz-szu2-u-ni a-di mah#-[x x]
3(u) _ansze-kur-ra-mesz ugu_ ma-da-at-ti-szu2 mah#-[x x]
u2-rad-di-ma e-mi3-is-su#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 009, ex. 030. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P423198) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P423198..

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