RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 004, ex. 036

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P450299

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P450299.

Transliteration

[...]-nak#-kir#-ma# _iri#_ [...]
[...] _en-nam_ har-har# [...]
[...]-kir# _kur_-szu2-un man-da-ta-szu2-nu ka-bit#-tu# [...]
[...] be-lu-ti-ia is-hu-pu-szu-ma [...]
[...]-tu# ma-hal-li-ba u2-[...]
[...]-szub#-bat _tukul_ asz-szur _en_-ia# [...]
[...]-ia# szat-ti-szam [...]
[...]-i'#-ti [...]
[...] x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 004, ex. 036. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P450299) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P450299..

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