RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 004, ex. 017

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P393941

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Transliteration

[... ]marduk#-ibila-szum2#-[na ...] x x [...]
[...] _karasz_-su e-disz ip-par-szid-[...] x x [...]
[...] ha-disz e-ru-um-ma ap-te-ma _e2#_ ni#-s,ir-ti-[...]
[...] _tirum-mesz_ man-za-az pa-ni si#-hir-ti um-[...]
[...]-ia 1(gesz2) 2(u) 9(disz) _iri-mesz_-szu2 dan-nu-ti _e2 bad3-mesz_-ni sza kal-[...]
[...] a#-ra-mu kal-du sza qe2-reb unu nibru kisz hur-sag#-[...]
[...] _gal-du3_ i-na# _gu-za lugal_-ti-szu2 u2-sze-szib _ug3-mesz kur_ uri u2-szad-gil pa#-[...]
[x x] ta#-a-a-ar-ti-ia tu-'u-mu-na ri-hi-hu ia-daq-qu [...]
[...]-lum# hi-in-da-ru ru-'u-u-a pu-qu-du ha-am-ra-a-nu# [...]
2(disz) _me_ 8(disz)# [x] _ug3-mesz tur gal nita_ u _munus_ 7(disz) _lim_ 2(disz) _me ansze-kur-ra-mesz kunga-mesz_ 1(u) 1(disz) _lim_ 1(gesz2) 1(u) 3(disz) _ansze#-[..._]
i-na me-ti-iq ger-ri-ia sza ag-en-mu-mesz [x]-pi# ha#-ra#-[...]
ba-hu-la-te hi-rim-me _kur2_ ak-s,i i-na _tukul#_ [...]
na#-gu-u2 szu-a-tu2 a-na esz-szu-ti as,-bat 1(disz)#-en# [...]
i#-na 2(disz)-e ger-ri-ia asz-szur be-[...]
qe2#-reb# hur-sza2-a-ni zaq#-ru#-[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 004, ex. 017. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P393941) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no English translation stored at ingestion. P-number P393941..

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