RINAP 5/2, Ashurbanipal 207 ex. 004

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P396053

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P396053.

Transliteration

[...] x [...]
[...]-u2# is,-ba-tu#-[...]
[...] () [...]
[...]-su-nu-ti-ma sza2 ih#-t,u#-u [...]
[...]-'i#-i-ma sza2 e-pu-su-[...]
[...]-ti#-szu2-nu isz-szak-nu ik-pu-[...]
[...]-u2#-ma e-du a-me-lu la e#?-[...]
[...] _iri#_ be-lu-ti-ia a-di# [...]
[...] _sza3_ rap-szu2 e-pisz# [...]
[...] () [...]
[...] u2#-kab#-[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 5/2, Ashurbanipal 207 ex. 004. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P396053) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P396053..

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