RINAP 5/2, Ashurbanipal 225 ex. 003

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P452047

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P452047.

Transliteration

_[...]-gi#_ szu-a#-[...]
[...]-ti# marduk# [...]
[]marduk# en# gal_-u _geszkim-mesz#_ [...]
[x] zar#-pa-ni-tum _gaszan_ sza2-qu#-tu2# hi-ir#-[...]
() sza ina _ugu ma-sa2-ab_ [...]
() 5(u) 5(disz) _mu-didli_ ta-nit#-[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 5/2, Ashurbanipal 225 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 (P452047) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P452047..

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