RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 009, ex. 085

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P422670

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P422670.

Transliteration

[...]-ti#-ia
[...]-ti#? [x x]
ga#-tu-du ga-tu-du-ma da#-e-ba
na#-di#-i' bad3-am-na-ni bad3#-am#-na#-ni-ma
[x x]-ma#?-nu# ta#-ra#-qu# ha-a-a-u-si
[...] e2#-ar-ra-bi
[...] szu#-sza2#-an
[...]-da#-li#-ka#
[...] x [x]
_ansze#-kur#-[...]_
sza [...]
asz2#-[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 009, ex. 085. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P422670) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P422670..

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