RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 003, ex. 006 ?

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P424985

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P424985.

Transliteration

[...] x [...]
[...] x [...]
[...]-ti#-ia tu#-[...]
[...] x x x [...]
[...]-ru# u _munus#_ 7(disz) _lim_ 2(disz) _me ansze#-kur#-ra#-mesz kunga#_ [...]
[...]-ia sza [x] ag#-en#-mu#-mesz [...]
[...]-rim#-me _kur2#_ ak#-s,u# sza# ul#-[...]
[...] a#-na# esz-szu#-ti# as,-bat# 1(disz)#-en# [...]
[...]-szur# be#-li2 u2-tak-kil-an-[...]
[...]-ru#-ti _a-sza3_ nam-ra#-s,i# [...]
[...] dan#-nu#-ti#-szu2-nu al#-[...]
[...] la# [x]-szu#-u2 ap-[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 003, ex. 006 ?. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P424985) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P424985..

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