RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 011, ex. 122

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P452584

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P452584.

Transliteration

ina _gu4# iti#_ [...] _en_ te-ne2#-[...]
_u4 1(u) 2(disz)-kam2 ud sze-ga sum-nig2_ sza gu#-[x]
ina e-pesz pi-i mut-tal#-[x]
sza an-szar2 nin-lil2 sin utu iszkur en# [x x]
1(u)-5(disz) sza2 nina# szar-rat-[...]
1(u)-5(disz) sza2 limmu2-dingir masz u-gur nusku iq#-[x x]
u2#-pa-hir _ug3-mesz kur_ an-szar2 _tur_ [x x]
[x] tam#-tim e-li#-ti u3 szap-li#-[x]
[x x] na#?-s,ir# _dumu lugal#_-[x x]
[...] _lugal#_-ut# _kur_ an-szar2 e#-[x x]
_[...]-mesz#_ u2-sza2-az-kir2-szu2#-[x x]
[...] rik#-sa#-[x x]
[...]-ru#-ub ina _e2#_ [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 011, ex. 122. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P452584) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P452584..

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