RINAP 5/3 Sîn-šarru-iškun 01, ex. 003

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P452953

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Transliteration

[...] x _du10-ga_ ih-ti#-x x [x] x [...] _ban#? ni# ki#?_ [...]
[...]-u2#-tu _dingir-mesz gal-mesz_ pit-lu-ha-ku asz2#-ra#-te#-szu2-nu asz2-te-'u-u2 u2-sal-lu-u2 _en_-us#-[...]
[...]-da#?-a-a i-zi-zu-ma u2-sa-at dum-qi2 e-pu-szu-u2#-ni# ke#-mu#-u2#-a i-tap-pa-lu i-na-ru a-a-bi-ia# [...]
[...] _kur2#-mesz_-ia ik-mu-u2 a-a-ab# _kur_ asz-szur# la# ma#-gi#-ru-ti _lugal#_-ti-ia is,-bu-tu4# [...]
[...] x x _im-mesz_ ti-bu-ti-ia u2-szab-bi-ru kab-[...]
[x] _sag#? lugal#_-u2-ti-ia ina mah-re-e# _bala_-ia sza ina _gu-za lugal_-u2-ti [...]
[...]-an# ma-ha-zi szuk-lul esz-re#-e-ti _bad3-mesz_ da#-ad2#-me _kur_ asz-szur# [...]
[...] x-e-ri ka-a#-a-an usz#-ta#-da-na# [...]
[x x] _gal#-mesz_ sza2 ap-tal-la-hu-szu2-nu-ti _dingir_-us-su-nu [...]
[x x] en#-ne2-ti-ia de-e-ni i-pu-szu-ma# _ugu edin#_ [...]
[...] x-in#-ni [...]
[...]-reb# _mar-tu#_ sza# [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 5/3 Sîn-šarru-iškun 01, 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 (P452953) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P452953..

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