RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 004, ex. 079

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P450322

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P450322.

Transliteration

[x _x]-mah#_ tam#-szil# [...]
[...]-qa-ap s,ip#-[...]
a-na mit,-ra-a-ti szum-mu-hi# [...]
1(disz)# 1/2(disz) _danna_ qaq-qa-ru ul-tu# [...]
sza# _nina# iri_ be-lu-ti-ia# [...]
i-na me2-eh-ret _ka2-gal muru2# iri#_ [...]
mu-sza2-ru-u u2-sze-pisz-ma li-i-[...]
u3 mim#-ma ep-szet e-tep-pu-szu# [...]
a-na ar2-kat3 u4-me i-na _lugal-mesz_-ni [...]
an-hu-sa lu-ud-disz _mu-sar_-a szi-t,ir# [...]
1(disz) _usz 3(u) 4(disz)-ta-am3#_ [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 004, ex. 079. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P450322) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P450322..

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