Position in chronology
RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 003, ex. 135 ?
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Transliteration
[...]-u#-ta#-a'# [...] _[x]-gi# igi#-min#-mesz babbar-dili_ gu#-[...] _ansze#-nita2-mesz_ bit-ru-ti man-[...] u2-kin [...] am-mu-la-di-in _lugal_ [...] ih-ta-nab-ba-tu hu#-[...] ina zi-kir _mu_-ia sza2 an-szar2 [...] 1(u)-5(disz) sza2 nina 1(u)-5(disz) sza2 limmu2#-[dingir ...] ka-ma-as-hal-ta-a _lugal#_ [...] _ARAD#_ da-gil2 pa#-[x x] [x] _me3#_ isz-ku-nu _bad5#-[x_ x] [x x]-mu#-la#-di#? [...]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 003, ex. 135 ?. 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 (P392223) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392223..
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