RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 015, ex. 001

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P450411

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P450411.

Transliteration

[...]-'a-a [...]
[...] szit-ku-nu [...]
[... na?]-gab _erim_-a ma-[...]
[...]-lu _erim kur2_ al-si-ma _[..._]
[...] e-te-ne2-ep-pu-szu si-[...]
[... tar-qu-u _lugal_] ku-u-si a-di gi-mir _erim_-[szu2 ...]
[... _munus-e2-gal]-mesz_-szu2 _munus-erim-e2-gal-mesz_-szu2 _dumu-mesz_-szu2 [...]
[... mim-ma] szum-szu2 sza2 ni-ba la i-szu2-u2 szal-[la-tisz am-nu ...]
[...] _ARAD2-mesz_-ia ap-qid-ma ma-lak [...]
[...]-ia# _kur_ asz-szur [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 015, 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 (P450411) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P450411..

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