RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 004, ex. 047

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P422511

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P422511.

Transliteration

[...]-na# sza pa-di-i [...]
[_...]-mesz_ mu-s,u-ri [...]
[...] al#-ta-qu#-u2 el#-[...]-a si-id-ru# szit#-[...]
[...] mu#-s,u-ra#-a#-a# a-di _en#_ [...]
[...] ta#-am#-na#-a al#-me# _kur_-ud asz2-lu#-la szal-la-[...]
[...] gil2-la-ti a-na szal-la-ti am-nu# si-it-tu#-[...]
[...]-tu qe2-reb# ur#-sa#-li-im#-ma# u2-sze#-[...]
[...]-a#-a# 4(u) 6(disz) _iri#-mesz_-szu2# [...]
[...]-me u3# qit#-ru#-ub# szu-pi-i mit-hu#-[...]
[...] _tur# gal# nita#_ u# _munus ansze-kur-ra-mesz ansze#-[..._]
[...] qe2#-reb ur-sa-li-im-ma _iri lugal#_-[...]
[...]-tu qe2-reb _kur_-szu2 ab-tuq-ma a-na [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 004, ex. 047. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P422511) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P422511..

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