RINAP 3/2 Sennacherib x1018, ex. 001

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P400844

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P400844.

Transliteration

[...] x x x x-szu2#? [...]
[...] x _dingir-mesz gal-mesz#_ [...]
[... be?-lu?]-ti#?-ia _edin_-usz-szu2-nu# [u2-sza2-asz2-t,ir? ...]
[...] x ul-zi-iz-ma a-x [...]
[...] _lugal-mesz dumu-mesz_-ia# [...]
[...] _un#-mesz_ i-x [...]
[...] _dingir#?-mesz gal#?-[mesz_ ...]
[...] x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 3/2 Sennacherib x1018, 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 (P400844) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P400844..

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