RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 004, ex. 015

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P393938

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P393938.

Transliteration

[...] _lugal_ la sza2-na-an _re-e2-um_ mut-nen#-[...]
[...]-lik# tap-pu-ut a-ki-i sa-hi-ru# [...]
[...]-pu# la-'i-it, la ma-gi-ri mu-szab#-[...]
[...]-mir# a-szib pa-rak-ki u2-szar#-[...]
[... elam]-ma# re-s,i-szu2 i-na ta-mir-ti# [...]
[_...]-s,u#_-um-bi _kunga-mesz_ sza#? [...]
[...]-kir-szu x [...]
[...] x a-na asz2-ri-szu2 li#-[...]
[...] gu4-si-sa2 li-mu mi-tu-nu#? [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 004, ex. 015. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P393938) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P393938..

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