RINAP 5/2, Ashurbanipal 207 ex. 003

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P395557

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P395557.

Transliteration

[...] x x x x x x [...]
[...] isz#-di# _gu#-za# lugal_-ti-ia li-tap-pa-lu a-ha-mesz#
[...]-ni _esz-bar_-szu2 sza2 szum-qut na-ki-ri-ia li-szak-li-im s,a-ad-du
[...] _szu#-min_-ia re-e-mu li-ir-szi-ma li-im-gu-ra qa-ba-a-a
[...] _mu-an-na-mesz_ t,u-ub _uzu#-mesz_ hu-ud lib3-bi li-szim szim-ti
[...] x a-na sin na#-[x]-i-sza2 li-ha-as-si-sa _saga-mesz_-ia
[...] _ad#?_ u4-me-szam la# na#-par#-ka-a li-is,-bat ab-bu-ut-ti
[...]-ni _dumu-mesz_-ia sza2 an#-szar2# sin a-na be-lut _kur_ i-nam-bu-u zi-kir-szu2
[...] la#-ba-risz il-la-ku# i-lab-bi-ru e-na-hu
[...] ud#-da-szu-u2-ma u2-tar-ru szip-ru# szu-a-tu esz-szisz i-ban-nu-u
[...]-szu2 lisz-t,ur sza# szu-mi3 _mu ad_-ia _ad ad_-ia i-pa-asz2-szi-t,u-u-ma _mu_-szu2 i-szat,-t,a-ru#
[...] ar#-nu# kab-tu sze-er-ta-szu _gal_-tum li-sza2-asz2-szi-szu2-u-ma a-a ir-szi-szu2 re-e-mu
[...] x kam-mu _e2_ sin sza kaskal

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 5/2, Ashurbanipal 207 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 (P395557) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P395557..

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