RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 017, ex. 001

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P237493

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P237493.

Transliteration

[x x]-ti# _lugal#_-u2#-ti#-ia# [...]
[x x] en u ag elam-ma#[ ...]
_[x]-mesz#_ elam-ma s,e-e-er#? [...]
[x]-bal#-ki-tu-ma i#?-[...]
[x x]-man-al-ta-asz2 _dumu_ at-ta#-[...]
[x x]-mi3#-szu2 _du6-ku3 ki#-nam-tar#-[...]_
[x]-bat# lugal-dim3-me-er-an#-[...]
[...] x _dingir#-mesz_ s,i#-ir#?-[...]
[...] _nam#-mesz#_ [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 017, ex. 001. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P237493) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P237493..

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