RINAP 5/2, Ashurbanipal 157 ex. 002

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P397463

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P397463.

Transliteration

[...]-ma# szu-un#-[...]
[...] ta-bar#-ri# u3 ta-kil-ti us-si#-[...]
[...] u2-sze-pisz-ma _ba_-isz3 lim-hu-ra#-[...]
[...] szu#-a-tu ha-disz nap-lis-i-ma [...]
[...] szu#-ut#-ri-s,i _ugu_-ia _u4-mesz_-ia# [...]
[...] i#-ziz#-zi-im#-ma# ina# _nundum#-min_-ki lisz-sza2#-[...]
[...] _igi_-ki lu-u s,a-bi-it# [...]
[...] x szu-usz-ki#-ni#? [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 5/2, Ashurbanipal 157 ex. 002. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P397463) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P397463..

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