RINAP 5/2, Ashurbanipal 197 ex. 007

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P452589

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P452589.

Transliteration

[...] x x x [...]
[...] _nam#-mesz_ qe#-pa#-[...]
[...] te#-bu-ut tar-qu#-[...]
[...] a-szar pi-qit-ti-szu2#-un# [...]
[...] sza2# ia-a-ti u2-masz-sze-ru-[...]
[...]-ku# qe2-reb mu-s,ur-ri# [...]
[...] ur#-ta#-ku# _man_ elam-ma [...]
[...] nab#-la-t,i# [...]
[...]-qar# ba#-[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 5/2, Ashurbanipal 197 ex. 007. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P452589) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P452589..

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