Position in chronology
RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 003, ex. 120 ?
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Transliteration
[...] x x? [...] [...] zu-ut-ka# ina# _muru2#_ [...] [...]-mi3#-sza2 _du10-ga_ tah-s,i-in-ka#-[x] [...] gi#-mir la-a-ni-ka# [...]-sza2# gesz-bar in-na-pi-ih# [...]-at#-ta-s,i a-na a-ha-a-ti# [...]-um-man _lugal_ elam-ma [...]-at# pa-nu-usz-sza2 tasz-kun [...] _1(u)-5(disz)-mesz_ i-sin-ni an#-szar2 _mah_ [...]-an#-nar3 _an_-e u# [x x] [...] x [...]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 003, ex. 120 ?. 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 (P392201) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392201..
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