RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 009, ex. 137

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P423063

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P423063.

Transliteration

[...] u# [x]
[...]-man-al#-da#-[x]
[...]-ra har-ra#-[x]
[...] ger#-ri-ia mah-re-e ak#-[x x]
[...]-a#-szi ha-ma-[x]
[...]-szu2# ak-szu#-[x]
[...]-al-da-si _man elam#-ma#_ [x]
[...] ha-ma#-nu isz-me#-e#-[x]
[...] a#-li#-kut _a2#-min-mesz_-ia#
[...]-tu# _iri# lugal_-ti-szu2
[...] bad3#-un-da-si
[...]-a-tu2
[...]-kun#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 009, ex. 137. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P423063) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P423063..

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