RINAP 3/2 Sennacherib 137, ex. 001

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P399415

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P399415.

Transliteration

[...] x x x [...]
[e]-disz ip-pa-ar-szu2 a-szar# [la 'a-a-ri]
[i-na] mah#-re-e-ia [ger-ri-ia]
[sza ]mes#-a-szum2-na _lugal_ kar2#-[dun-ia2-asz3]
[a-di _erin2-hi]-a#_ elam-ma re-[s,i-szu2]
[i-na ta-mir]-ti# kisz asz2-ta-kan# [_bad5-bad5_-szu2]
[i-na _murub4_ tam-ha]-ri# szu-a-tu e-zib [_karasz_-su]
[e-disz ip-par]-szid#-ma na-pisz-tusz# [e-t,i2-ir]
_[gigir-mesz ansze-kur-ra]-mesz#_ s,u-um-bi [_ansze-kunga-mesz_]
[sza i-na qit-ru-ub ta-ha-zi] u2#-masz#-szi#-ru# [ik-szu-da]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 3/2 Sennacherib 137, 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 (P399415) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P399415..

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