Position in chronology
RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 003, ex. 023 ?
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From the same catalogue range (near P426162)
Transliteration
[...]-am#-ma# [...] [...]-ri# a-lak ger#-[...] [x x]-szir# i-zir-tu2 _iri#_ [...] [x x] at-ra-a-na _iri#_ [...] [x]-na#-bit e-hu-uz mar#-[x x] [x] i#-zir-tu2 ur-me-e-te uz#-bi#-[x] _[x]-mesz_ dan-nu-ti-szu2 al-me# [x x] a#-szi-bu-ti _iri-mesz_ sza2-a-tu-[x] [...]-ma nap-szat-su-nu u2-si-iq u2-kar#-[x] [x x]-u szu-a-tu ak-szu-ud ap-pul aq#-[x] [x x] _gesz#-bar_ aq-mu ma-lak 1(u) u4-me [...] [x]-szah#-ri-ir-ma sza2-qu-um-ma-tu2 [...] [...]-iq ger-ri-ia _iri-mesz_ sza2# [...] [...] x x? x [...]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 003, ex. 023 ?. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: British Museum, London, UK (P426162) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P426162..
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