RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 011, ex. 084

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P419682

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P419682.

Transliteration

[...]-lu#-lu# ina# ga#-[...]
[...]-t,u u2-hal-li-pu _bad3#_ [...]
[...]-ti sza _hul_-tim isz-te#-[...]
[x x] _erin2-hi-a#_ [...] bal-t,u-us-su#-[...]
a#-di mah#-[x]-ia# u2-bil#-[...]
a-na ni-ku-u2 [x]-tu# bi#-[...]
re-e-mu ar-szi#-[x] u2#?-[...]
a-de-e _ugu#_ [...]
lu-bul-tu bir-me# [...]
si-mat _lugal_-ti-szu2# [...]
_gir2_ szib-bi [...]
ni#?-bit#? [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 011, ex. 084. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P419682) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P419682..

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