RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 033, ex. 001

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P397213

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P397213.

Transliteration

[... la] na#-s,ir zik-ri _an-szar2 lugal dingir-mesz_ la pa-lih3 _en_-ti-ia
[...] x hab-ba-tu2 szar-ra-qu lu sza2 hi-t,u ih-t,u-u da-mi it-bu-ku
[... _]sag#? nam_ ak-li sza2-pi-ru re-du-u a-na szub-ri-a ih-li-qu
[...] an#-nu-u ki-i-am asz2-pur-szu-ma _lu2-mesz_ an-nu-ti _nimgir2_ ina _kur_-ka szul-si-ma
[...]-ti#? pu-uh-hi-ra-szu2-nu-ti-ma et,-lu e-du la tu-masz-szar-ma
[...] _igi_ pirig-gal _gaszan gal_-ti _e2-kur_ szu-us,-bit-su-nu-ti
[...]-ti szi-pir-tu sza2 bul-lu-t,u _zi_-ti3-szu2-nu
[...] x _bu_ it-ti _a kin_-ia _kaskal kur_ an-szar2 li-is,-bat-<u?>-nim-ma
[...] _ku#?_ dam-qu sza2 ba-lat, _zi_-ti3-szu2 in-szi-[ma]
[_...]-mesz kur an-szar2 ARAD2-mesz_-ia pa-nu-usz-szu2 e-[...]
[...] x _usz_ a-di u2-ri-ni ina _szu-min a kin_ sza2# [...]
[...] mim?-mu-u i-pu-lu-usz u2-sza2-an-na#-[a ...]
[...] i-s,a-ri-ih# [ka-bat-ti]
[...]-u2-ti i-_bala#_ [...]
[...] x x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 033, 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 (P397213) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P397213..

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