RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 009, ex. 233 ?

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P424982

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P424982.

Transliteration

[...] x x [...]
[...] x x [...]
[...]-ni# mah#-ri#-[...]
[x] _lugal#-mesz_-ni [...]
[x] qe#-pa-a-ni [...]
x _iri-mesz_-ni sza2-a-tu2-nu# [...]
_gal pan-mesz_ x x? [...]
_3(disz)#-u5#-mesz_ [...]
[x _x]-mesz# pan#_ [...]
[x x] um#-ma-a#-ni# [...]
[...] x x x [...]
[...] x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 009, ex. 233 ?. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P424982) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P424982..

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