Position in chronology
RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 011, ex. 070
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P394641.
Transliteration
[...] x x [...] [...] isz-'a#-a#-[x] [x x] _lugal_-ti-[x] [...]-bi#-ia-te-e' _dumu_ te-e'#-[x] [x x]-sis# _mun#_ la na-s,ir ma-mit# [...] [x x] sur-ra-a-ti it-ti-ia id#-[...] [x x]-szu2# it-ti na-at#-[x] [...]-ba#-a-a-ti isz-kun#-[x] [...]-nu# id-ku#-u#-[x] [...] _hul#_-tim# a-na# mi-s,ir#-[x] [...] sin utu [x] [...] 1(u)-5(disz)# sza2 nina [...]-mu#-ri 1(u)-5(disz) sza2 limmu2-[x x] _[...]-gur#_ [x]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 011, ex. 070. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: British Museum, London, UK (P394641) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P394641..
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