RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 009, ex. 131

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P423047

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P423047.

Transliteration

[...]-szi# [...]
[...]-e#-ri _man_ man-na-a-a usz-[...]
[...] 3(u)# utu en ag 1(u)-5(disz)# [...]
[... limmu2]-dingir# masz u-gur [...]
[...]-ru#-ub-ma at-tal-lak# [...]
[...] _tur#-mesz_ sza2 ni-i-ba la# [...]
[...]-ud# ap-pul aq-qur ina [...]
[...] _gu4-mesz_ u [...]
[...]-am-ma szal-la#-[...]
[...]-ia# isz-[...]
[...] _iri# lugal#_-[x x]
[...] _iri#_ tukul#-[x x]
[...] x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 009, ex. 131. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P423047) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P423047..

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