RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 011, ex. 002

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P394643

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P394643.

Transliteration

[...] x x x [...]
[...] pe-er-'i szum-dul na-an-na-[...]
[...] ina zi-kir [x x]-e-szu2-nu la szu-un-ne2-e
[...]-ma lib3-bi i-qab-bu-u la-be-el la-asz2-pur
[...] 3(u) utu ut-tu-szu-u2-ma a-na be-lut _kur-kur_ u _ug3-mesz_ i-nam-bu-u
[...]-lab-bi-ra-a-ma en-na-ha an-hu-us-si-na lu-ud-disz
[...] _siskur bal_-qi2 szu-mi3 it-ti szu-mi3-szu2 [x]-t,ur
[...]-ka-a liq-bu-[x] _saga-mesz_-szu2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 011, ex. 002. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P394643) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P394643..

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