RINAP 3/2 Sennacherib x1019, ex. 001

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P395589

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P395589.

Transliteration

[...] x [...]
[...] x _szid_ x [...]
[...] be#?-lu-ti-ia#? [...]
[...] x-lisz? is,-ba-tu-szu2#? x [...]
[...] qe2#-reb unu ma-x-[...]
[... ku]-dur-na-hu-un-di e#-[la-mu-u2 ...]
[...] x ag marduk x [...]
[...] mah#-ri-ia u2-sza2-as,-x-[...]
[...] u2-sza2-an-ni-ma u2-ter x [...]
[... u2]-ter#-ru#-ma# u2#-szap#-szi#-hu# x# [...]
[...] x a-na mit#-hu#-us,-s,i isz-x [...]
[...] x [x x] x x x? x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 3/2 Sennacherib x1019, 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 (P395589) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P395589..

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