Position in chronology
RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 009, ex. 249 ?
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From the same catalogue range (near P392283)
Transliteration
[...] e2#-[...] [...] qa-ab-ri#-[x x] [...] _iri#-mesz_ szu2-nu-ti# [...] [...]-qur# ina gesz-bar# [x]-mu# _[...]-mesz#_-szu2-nu _gu4-mesz_-szu2-nu _u8#-udu#-hi#-a#_-[x x] [...]-nu# _nig2-gur11_-szu2-nu s,u-um-bi# [...] _ansze#-kunga-mesz_ til-li# [...] asz2#-lu-la a-na _kur_ an-szar2 [...]-bit# an-szar2# u 1(u)-5(disz)# [...]-al#-da-si _man elam#-[x_ x] [...] har#-ra-[x] [...] x x [...]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 009, ex. 249 ?. 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 (P392283) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392283..
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