RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 016, ex. 034 ?

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P423075

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P423075.

Transliteration

[...] x [...]
x x x x [...]
dan-nu-ti _e2 bad3#_ [...]
u3# 4(disz) _me_ 2(u) _iri-mesz_-[...]
[x]-me _kur_-ud asz2-lu-[...]
[x] ur2#-bi [...]
[x x]-reb# unu# [...]
[...] x x x [...]
[...] x [x x]
[...]-ra-a#-[x]
[...]-bi#-isz-ti#
[...]-ab#-bur-ti
[...]-usz#-ti
[...] x

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 016, ex. 034 ?. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P423075) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P423075..

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