Position in chronology
RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 002, ex. 007 ?
Not yet translated
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From the same catalogue range (near P452833)
Transliteration
[...] x x [...] [x x]-ub# _iri_ szu-[x x] [x]-ter# ra-ma-[x x] [x x] _ug3#-mesz kur_ asz-szur sza2 qe2-reb# [...] _[x]-mesz_ da-gil2 pa-[x x] [...]-szur#-pap-asz _man kur_ asz#-szur# [...] [x]-na# _lugal_-ti# [...] [x x] da#-a#-ki# [...] [...] x [...] [...] x [...] [...] x x [...]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 002, ex. 007 ?. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: British Museum, London, UK (P452833) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P452833..
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