RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 011, ex. 100

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P424601

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P424601.

Transliteration

[...] isz#-[x x? x]
[...] _iri# lugal_-ti#-[...]
[...]-ma# _kur_-szu2# [x x]
[...]-a# sza _ta_ [...]
[...] a#-na bu-bi-lu# [...]
[x x]-ret# um-man-[...]
u2#-szi#-bu# ina _gu#-[...]_
ki#-ma sza2-a-szu2-ma isz-[x x? x]
bu#-bi-lu _iri_ mu-szab _en#-[...]_
ki#-ma _ku6-hi-a_ is,-bat szu-pul _a-[...]_
tam-ma-ri-tu sza2 in-nab-ta is,#-[...]
qe2#-reb szu-sza2-an [...]
asz2-kun-szu2 a-na _lugal#_-[x]
_saga_-tu2 e-pu-szu2-usz sza asz2-pu-ru# [...]
in#-szi#-ma# isz#-te#-ne2#-'a#-[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 011, ex. 100. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P424601) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P424601..

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