RINAP 3/2 Sennacherib 100, ex. 001

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P428604

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P428604.

Transliteration

sin-pap-mesz-su# _man kur_ asz
it-ti _szub_-e _usz8_ sza2 nina#
_e2# du3#_-ma# a#-na# _dumu#_-szu2 _szum2_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 3/2 Sennacherib 100, 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 (P428604) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P428604..

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