RINAP 3/2 Sennacherib 139, ex. 001

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P424529

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P424529.

Transliteration

[...] x x x x [...]
[a-na ru-qe2-e]-ti# in-na-[bit gim-ri _kur_-szu2]
[_dagal_-tim] _gin7# muru9_ as-hu#-[up mar-u2-bisz-ti]
[ak]-ku#-du _iri-mesz e2 lugal#_-[ti-szu2 a-di 3(u)? 4(disz)]
[_iri-mesz tur]-mesz#_ sza li-me-ti#-[szu2-nu al-me _kur_-ud ap-pul aq-qur]
[i-na gesz-bar aq]-mu# _ug3-mesz tur [gal nita_ u _munus_]
[_ansze-kur-ra-mesz] ansze#-kunga-mesz ansze-[mesz ansze-gam-mal-mesz_]
[_gu4-mesz_ u3 _u8]-udu#-hi-a_ la mi-nam asz2-lu-[lam-ma a-di la ba-szi-i]
[u2-sza2-lik-szu-ma] u2#-s,a-hir [_kur_-su]
[...] x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 3/2 Sennacherib 139, 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 (P424529) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P424529..

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