RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 001, ex. 007

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P424986

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P424986.

Transliteration

[...]-i'#-ta#-a-a-u2# a-ra#-mu# [...]
[...]-dun#-ia-asz2 isz-te-nisz u2#-pa#-hir#-ma# [...]
[...]-dir-ma qe2-reb babila2 a-na mah#-[...]
[...] kal#-du# it-ti u-gur-na#-s,ir# 1(u) _gal_ [...]
[...]-sze-rib-ma a-na me2-te#-eq# ger-ri-ia u2-[...]
[...] gi#-ip#-szi-ia ul u2-szad-gil-ma ar#-[...]
[...]-ta#-a-ma e# te#-ga-a [...]
[...] x x x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 001, 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 (P424986) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P424986..

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