RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 077, ex. 004

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P393948

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RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 077, ex. 003

Transliteration

sza# _dingir#-mesz# gal#_ [...]
ba-nu-u _e2 an_ [...]
mu-szak-lil ma-ha-zi [...]
sza2 _dingir-mesz kur-kur_ szal-lu-ti ul-[...]
e2-gaszan-kalam-ma _e2_ isz#-[...]
za-ha-la-a u2-szal-bisz-ma u2-nam#-[...]
_ur-mah-mesz_ an-ze-e na-[...]
sza _ku3-babbar_ u _uruda_ u2-sze-pisz-[...]
_lugal_ sza2 ina tu-kul-ti _an-szar2_ [...]
ul-tu tam-tim e-li-tim# [...]
kul-lat na-kir3-re-e-szu [...]
ka-szid s,i-du-[...]
sza-lil ar-za-[...]
a#-di# ma#-li#-ke#-e#-[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 077, ex. 004. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P393948) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P393948..

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