RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 128, ex. 009

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P450546

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P450544 · ~760 BCE

RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 128, ex. 007

Transliteration

[x]-na# [...]
[...] szur#-bu#-[...] _bala_-szu2# [...]
szar#-rat _nibru#_ [...]
[]an#-szar2-szesz-szum2-na# [...] _szagina_ babilax(|DIN.TIR|) [...]
sza2# ul-tu s,e-he-ri-szu2 ana _an-szar2_ [...] it-tak-lu-ma ni-iz-mat-su# [...]
a-na nu-uh-hu lib3-bi _dingir_-ti-szu2-nu u [...]
ina e-muq _an-szar2_ en-lil2 en u _dumu#_ [...] gi-mir ma-li-ku u2-[...]
ba-nu-u2 _e2_ an-szar2 mu-ud-disz e2#-[...] mu-szak-lil esz-re-e-ti# [...]
_lugal_ sza2 i-na _ud-mesz bala_-szu2 _en gal_-u2#? [...] ina e2#-sag-il2 _e2-gal_-szu2 ir-mu#-[...]
a-num _gal_-u2 a-na _iri_-szu2 _bad3_ [...] u2-sze-szi-bu [...]
_dingir-mesz kur-kur_ szal-lu-tu szu-kut-ta#-[...] a-na asz2-ri-szu2-nu u2-ter#-[...]
_nun#_ en-qu it-pe-szu ha-sis# [...] usz#-te#-szi#-ru# [...]
[...] x [...]
sza2 e2-bara2-dur2#-[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 128, ex. 009. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA (P450546) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P450546..

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