RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 001, ex. 021

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P450396

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P450396.

Transliteration

[...] ul-tu [...]
[...]-lak#-u-ma ma-hi-ra ul i-[...]
[...]-szak#-ni-szu2 sze-pu-u2-a
[...] u2#-ma-'e-ru-in-ni ia-a-szi
[...]-ud-du-u u3 szu-szu-bu
[...] ru-up-pu-szu2 u2-mal-la-a _szu-min_-u-a
[...] dun-ni [...]
[...]-ti# i-szi-im# [...]
[...]-bit# _mu#_-[...]
_mu dingir#_ [...]
a-na e-mu#-[...]
a-na-ku a-na [...]
[...] _gal_-[x ...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 001, ex. 021. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA (P450396) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P450396..

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