RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 004, ex. 053

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P450308

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P450308.

Transliteration

[...]-na# aq-rib-ma [...]
[...]-bil# hi-t,i-ti u3 gul-lul-ti sza# [...]
[_...]-za_ be-lu-ti _ugu#_-szu2-un u2#-sze-szib-ma# [...]
[_...]-mesz tur-mesz_ sza li-me-ti-szu2-nu [...]
[...]-uk# _giri3-min_ pil#-szi# nik#-[...]
[_...]-mesz# gam-mal-mesz gu4-mesz u8-udu [hi-a_ ...]
[_...]-s,u#-mesz ugu_-szu2 u2-rak-kis-ma a#-[...]
[...]-ti# _lugal_ as-du-di u3 pa-[...]
[...]-e be-lu-ti-ia u2-rad-[...]
[...] ur2-bi _erin2-mesz_-szu _saga-mesz#_ [...]
[_...]-za#-gul-mesz gal-mesz na2-mesz#_ [...]
[...] x x x [...]
[...]-na# qe2-reb nina [...]
[...] x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 004, ex. 053. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P450308) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P450308..

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