RINAP 5/3 Sîn-šarru-iškun 19, ex. 007

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P429065

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P429065.

Transliteration

[...] x _lugal#?_ [...]
[...] _lugal# szu2 lugal kur_ asz-szur _szagina_ babila2[ ...]
[...] it-pe-e-szu2 na-ram# ag u tasz-me-tum# [...]
[...] 3(u)# utu be-lut _kur_ u _ug3-mesz_ u2-[...]
[...] e-pu-szu2-u-in-ni za-'i-i-ri-ia ik-mu-u x [...]
[...]-bisz u2-sze-szib-u2-in-ni ina _gu-za lugal#-[...]_
[...]-szi# ke-nisz ar-te-'a-a ba-'u-u2#-[...]
[...] _dingir#-mesz gal-mesz en-mesz_-ia lu at-tal-lak-ma lu ab#-[...]
[...]-u2#-ti-szu2-nu _gal_-ti _du10-ga_ a-na e-pe-sze [...]
[...] ki#-du#-de#?-e#? ma-[...]
[...] x x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 5/3 Sîn-šarru-iškun 19, ex. 007. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P429065) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P429065..

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