RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 011, ex. 099

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P424600

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P424600.

Transliteration

[...]-ti#?
[...]-ti#
[...]-tu#?
[...] 1(u) 5(disz)#?
[x x]-an-da-szar-me hi#-[...]
sza# a-na _lugal-mesz ad-mesz_-ia [...]
la i-szu-t,u ab-sza2-an-[...]
_dumu-munus_ s,i-it lib3-bi-szu2 it#-ti# nu#-dun#-[...]
a-na e-pesz _agrig_-u2#?-[...]
u2-na-asz2-sziq [...]
ul-tu ia-ki-in#-[...]
a-zi-ba#-al# [...]
sa#-pa#?-[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 011, ex. 099. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P424600) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P424600..

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