RINAP 3/2 Sennacherib x1017, ex. 001

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P401250

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P401250.

Transliteration

ki#?-bi#-is# _giri3#-min#_ [...]
_ansze-edin-na masz-da3-mesz#_ [...]
it-tag-gi-szu-ma x [...]
ina#? _lugal-mesz_ a-li-kut mah-ri-[ia ...]
x na-ge-e [...]
[sin]_-szesz#-mesz-su man kur#_ [asz-szur ...]
[x x?] x x szu-a-tu [...]
[...] x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 3/2 Sennacherib x1017, 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 (P401250) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P401250..

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