RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 011, ex. 177

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P399412

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P399412.

Transliteration

[...] x? x x x [...]
[...] u-gur u nusku# [...]
[...]-na# _dingir-mesz_-ia asz2-ruk#
[...] _pan#_ a-ri-ti#?
[...] kit-kit-tu-u
[...] elam-ma asz2-lu-la
[...] _lugal#_-ti-ia u2-rad-di#
[...] ma-ha#-zi szu#-[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 011, ex. 177. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P399412) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P399412..

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