RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 009, ex. 236 ?

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P452414

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P452414.

Transliteration

[...]-tu#? _iri# lugal#_-ti#-szu2
[...]-bit#? a#-na# bad3#-un-da-si
[...] e-bir#-ma
[...] dan#-nu#-ti#-szu2# isz#-kun
[x x]-ta#-s,ar# a#-na# s,al-ti-ia
[...] _iri lugal_-ti#-szu2 a-di na-ge#-szu2 _kur_-ud
[...]-ku _iri lugal_-ti a-di# na#-ge#-szu2# _kur#_-ud
[...]-nu _iri lugal#_-ti
[...]-szu2# ak#-szu-ud
[...] na#-ge#-szu2# ak#-szu#-ud#
[...] ma#-dak#-tu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 009, ex. 236 ?. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P452414) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P452414..

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