RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 042, ex. 001

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P400449

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P400449.

Transliteration

[...] x x x x [...]
[...]-tim u2-mal-la-[a _szu-min_-u-a ...]
[... mu]-us,-ri pa-tu-ri-[si ...]
[...]-ri isz-tak-ka-[an ...]
[...] ak-bu-su mi-s,ir [...]
[... kar-dun]-ia2-asz3 sza2 sa-ta-[...]
[...]-ik-ti i-[...]
[...]-a sza2 qe2-[reb? ...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 042, 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 (P400449) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P400449..

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