RINAP 5/2, Ashurbanipal 118 ex. 001

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P452577

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P452585 · ~660 BCE

SAA 21 024. Duplicate of No. 23 (ABL 1108)

“Beginning destroyed (2') [“why] has] the king re[moved ...]?” (3') I w[ro]te to you [a]s from [the beginning]:…”

Transliteration

[...] ni#-i'# [...]
[...] mah#-ra#-a-ti sza2 qe2-reb#? [...]
[...] qe2#-reb# mu-s,ur ip-hu-ru a-na x [...]
_[egir?_ ni]-ik#-ku-u man-lu-da3-ri pa-aq-ru-ru _lugal#-[mesz_ ...]
[...] a#-szar _erin2-hi-a_-ia ur-hu s,a-ab-tu-ma il-la-ku# [...]
[pi-sza-an-hu]-ru# sza2 ina na-at-hu-u2 an-szar2-pap-asz _ad du3#_-[u-a ...]
[...] _munus#-hul_ sza2 ni-ik-ku-u man-lu-da3-ri pa-aq#-[ru-ru ...]
[a-na?] szu-ut _sag_ a-lik _igi erin2-hi-a_-ia iq-bi-ma u2-[...]
[...] x-ki-i-ka-a iq-bu-u um-ma# ina sza2-at mu-szi ni#?-[...]
[um]-ma# tar-qu-u _man_ ku-u-si _ta_ qe2-reb mu-s,ur i#-[na-sah-u2-ma ...]
[e-li] tar-qu-u _man_ ku-u-si a-na sza2-kan a-de-e# u? [...]
[um-ma] su#-lum-mu-u i-na bi-ri-i-ni lisz-sza2-kin-ma [...]
_[kur_ a-he-en-na-a ni]-zu#-uz-ma a-a ib-ba#-[szi ...]
[a-na? _erin2-hi-a kur_ asz-szur gap]-sza2#-a#-ti# e#-[muq ...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 5/2, Ashurbanipal 118 ex. 001. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P452577) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P452577..

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