RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 011, ex. 089

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P426242

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P426242.

Transliteration

[...] x x x [...]
[...] a-ra-mu _kur_ tam#-[...]
[x x] ka2-sa-li#-me-ti ARAD#-[...]
[x]-bal#?-kit ina _szu#-min_-ia u3 um#-[...]
sza# is,-ba-ta _giri3-min lugal#_-ti#-ia# [...]
[x]-ku#-nu-usz a-na _lugal_-u-ti u _lugal#-[...]_
[x x]-tu# me-luh-he-e sza ina qi2-bit# [...]
[x x]-ka#-na _szu#-min_-a-a nap-har-szu2-nu it#-[x x]
[x x]-kir2#-ma# it#-ti-szu2 isz-ku-nu# [...]
[...] zimbir# babila2 bar2#?-[x x]
[x x x?]-ma#? ip-ru-sa _szesz#_-[x x]
[...] sza2#-a#-tu-nu mun#-[...]
[...]-ia# e#-ta-nap#-[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 011, ex. 089. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P426242) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P426242..

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