RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 009, ex. 139

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P423076

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P423076.

Transliteration

[...]-pi# masz?-kan2# [...]
[...]-ti#-iq tam-la-a#? [...]
[...]-me#-e s,e-er tam-le#-[...]
[...] u2#-kin lib-na#-[x x]
[...] ka-lak-ka#-[...]
[...] szal-la#-[x x]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 009, ex. 139. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P423076) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P423076..

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