RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 133, ex. 002

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P238636

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P238636.

Transliteration

[x]-na# isz#-[...]
inanna unu [...]
sza2 ri-kis [...]
ru-um-ti# [...]
_bala_-szu2 u2#-[...]
sza2-nun-ka-at# [...]
sza2 qe2-reb x [...]
an-szar2-szesz-[...] _szagina#_ x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 133, ex. 002. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P238636) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P238636..

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