RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 009, ex. 149

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P423242

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P423242.

Transliteration

[...] lib3#-bi#?
[...] e2#-an-na#
[...]-rib#-szi#-ma
[...] ta#-ram#-mu
[...] da#-ra#-a#-ti#
[...] e#-lam#?-ti
_[...]-szar2#_ sin# utu# en# ag
[...] x 1(u)-5(disz)# sza#? limmu2-dingir
[x x] x x x nusku# ah#-bu#-ta#
[x x]-e#-ti# a#-na# _dingir#-mesz#_-ia# asz2-ruk
[x? x] x _pan#_ a-ri-tu2#
[...]-a#-ni# kit-kit-tu#-u
[...] x [...] e#-lam#-ti#
[...]-di#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 009, ex. 149. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P423242) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P423242..

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