Position in chronology
RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 009, ex. 219 ?
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P400205.
Transliteration
[...] _bad3#_-um#-da#-si# [...] e-bir-ma [...]-nu-ti-szu2 isz-kun [...]-na# s,al-ti-ia [...]-di# na-ge#-szu2# ak-szu-ud [...] a#-di# na#-[...]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 009, ex. 219 ?. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: British Museum, London, UK (P400205) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P400205..
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