RINAP 5/2, Ashurbanipal 197 ex. 003

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P395623

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P395623.

Transliteration

[x x]-ku# an#-szar2#-[...]
[x]-ni#-a-nu ad-ke# _erin2#-[...]_
at,#-ru-ud um-man-al#-da#-[...]
[x] um#-ba_-lagab_-u-a sza2 me2-eh#-[...]
bu-bi-lu _iri_ mu-szab# [...]
[x] tam#-ma-ri-tu sza2 in-nab-ta# [...]
_saga#_-tu e-pu-szu2-usz sza2# asz2#-[...]
_[x]-szar2# lugal# dingir#-mesz#_ [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 5/2, Ashurbanipal 197 ex. 003. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P395623) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P395623..

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