RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 015, ex. 003 ?

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P422253

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P422253.

Transliteration

[...] x x
[...] x
[...] x
x [x x?] x [...]
marduk# _abgal# dingir#-[...]_
ha-si-su pal-ka#-a# [...]
ag _dub-sar_ gim-ri ih#-[...]
i-qi#-sza2-an-ni a-na [x x]
nin-urta u-gur dun-ni zik#-[x x]
e-mu-qi la sza2-na-an u2#-szar#-szu#-[...]
szin-na-at _abgal#_ a#?-[...]
ni#-s,ir#-[x x? x] x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 015, ex. 003 ?. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P422253) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P422253..

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