RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 004, ex. 031

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P424890

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P424890.

Transliteration

[...] x x x [...]
[...]-me# pa-ni _bad3-mesz_-szu2 [...]
[...]-par#-szi-du ul-tu qe2-reb# [...]
[...]-sze#-pisz-ma li-i-tu ki-szit-ti# [...]
[...]-a is-pa-ba-a-ra _lugal_-[...]
[...]-du# _iri-mesz e2#_ [...]
[...] _u8#-udu hi-a_ [...]
[...]-gu#-u2 [x]-na# [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 004, ex. 031. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P424890) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P424890..

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