RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 011, ex. 001

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P422499

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P422499.

Transliteration

[3(u)-pap-mesz-su _man gal man_ dan-nu _man szu2 man] kur_ asz-szur[]
[_man_ kib-rat _limmu2_-tim mut-tar-ru-u2 _ug3-mesz] dagal#-mesz_
[e-pisz s,a-lam _an-szar2_ a-nim 3(u) utu iszkur u-gur _1(u)-5(disz)_ sza] _e2_-kid-mu-ri
[_dingir-mah_ u3 _dingir-mesz gal-mesz_ mu-szak-lil pa-ra-as, e2]-szar2-ra
[u3 e2-masz-masz sza2 pa-lah3 _dingir-mesz_ sza2 _an_-e u3 _dingir-mesz kur_ asz]-szur# ra-bisz mu-du-u
[e-pisz _kur_ asz-szur mu-szak-lil ma-ha-zi-szu2 na-si-ih] na#-ki-ri
[mu-ab-bit da-ad2-me-szu2-un ma-al-ku pit-qu-du sza2 _ugu] lugal-mesz_ a-szib _bara2_
[nu-'u-u2-da-at be-lut-su tukul-ti _kur_-szu2 na-a'-id] _muru2#_ u _me3_
[s,u-lu-lu _erin2 hi-a_-szu2 a-na-ku ...] _gala#-mesz_ mu-ni-ih
[...] _gala-mesz_
[... _]gala_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 011, ex. 001. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P422499) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P422499..

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