RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 009, ex. 057

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P424589

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P424589.

Transliteration

[...]-is,#-s,i# szat# qa#-ti#? [...]
[...]-mar#-ti-szu2 ka-bit-ti u2#-sze#-bi#-la# a#-di mah-[x x]
[...]-szi# ger-ri-ia# _ugu_ ah-sze#-[x x]
[...]-a#-a# usz#-te#-esz#-sze-ra har#-ra#-nu#
[...] an-szar2 sin utu en ag#
[...] nina# 1(u)-5(disz) sza limmu2-dingir masz u-gur u [x]
[...]-a#-a e-ru-ub-ma at-tal-lak szal#-[x]
[...]-ti# a-di _tur-mesz_ sza ni-ba la i-[x x]
[...]-ti# ak-szu-ud ap-pul aq-qur ina gesz-bar aq#-[x]
_[...]-mesz# gu4#-mesz_ u s,e-e-[x]
[...]-sze#-s,a#-am#-ma szal-la-tisz am-[x]
[...] isz#-me#-e-[x]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 009, ex. 057. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P424589) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P424589..

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