RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 004, ex. 028

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P450295

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P450295.

Transliteration

[...]-s,i# i#-na# _ansze#-kur#-ra#_ ar#-[...]
[...] e2-ku-bat-ti _iri#-mesz#_-szu2#-<nu> _e2# bad3#_ [...]
[...]-szu#-u2# x x x [...]
[...] szu#-a-tu x x x [...]
[...] x x x _tukul-mesz_-[...]
[...] x x x am#-nu#-szu2#-nu#-ti# [...]
[...] x x x as,#-s,a#-bat# har#-ra#-nu# el#-[...]
[...]-hu#-up# mar#-u2#-bisz#-ti# ak#-ku#-ud#-[...]
[...] _kunga#-mesz# ansze#-nita2#-mesz# ansze#-gam#-mal#-mesz#_ [...]
[_...]-mesz#_ dan#-nu#-ti# a#-di# _iri#-mesz# tur#-mesz#_ [...]
[...]-at na-ge-e szu-a-[...]
[...]-sze#-szib# i#-na# [...]
[...] x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 004, ex. 028. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P450295) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P450295..

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