RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 009, ex. 091

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P422685

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P422685.

Transliteration

[...] _gu-za_ te-um-man
[...] _szesz#_-szu2 szal-sza2-a-a
[...] in-nab-ta#
[...]-kun# a#-na# _lugal#_-u#-ti#
u2#-ter-ru-nisz-szu2 sza2-ni-a-nu u2-szak-ni-szu2-usz# [...]
[x] li#-i-ti da-na-a-ni sza2 _dingir-mesz gal-[...]_
[x]-reb# elam-ma e-ru-ub at-tal-[...]
[...]-ar#-ti-ia sza2 szul-me-e _szu-min_ [...]
[...]-ia u2-ter-ra a-na# [...]
[...] ga-tu-du-ma [...]
[...]-am-na#-[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 009, ex. 091. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P422685) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P422685..

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