RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 041, ex. 001

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P398469

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P398469.

Transliteration

[...] a-na e-pesz szip-ri szu2-a-[tu2 ...]
[...] _gissu#_-szu2-nu da-ru-u ma-[...]
[... _mu]-mesz_ lem-ne2-e-ti u4-mu [...]
[... ka]-s,ir ner-ti la [...]
[...] i-na i-szi-ti [...]
[...] x-ta-szu2-nu-ma is,-ru-pu u2-[...]
[...]-el _dingir-mesz_ a-na e-[...]
[... a-na e]-pesz _lugal_-u2-ti-ia [...]
[... ]an-szar2-szesz-szum2-na ta-kil-szu2 [...]
[... _dingir_]-ti-szu2-nu s,ir-[ti ...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 041, 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 (P398469) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P398469..

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