RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 009, ex. 232 ?

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P424603

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P424603.

Transliteration

[...] x x
[...]-ni# a-duk
[...]-ra#-as-sib
[...]-al#-da-si#
[...] in#-na-bit-ma
[...]-di na-ge-e
[...]-la#-mu ak-szu-ud#
[...]-un#-nir ina _ugu_ mi3-is,#-ri#
[...] u3# _iri-mesz_
[...]-szib# lib3-bi-szu2-un
_[...]-mesz#_-szu2-un
[...] _1(u)-5(disz)-mesz_-szu2
[...] x

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 009, ex. 232 ?. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P424603) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P424603..

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