Position in chronology
AuOr 37, 045-046 03
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248522.
Transliteration
_1(disz) gin2 4(disz@v)_-tu2 _la2 ku3-sig17-me#_ 1(u)-5(disz)-mu-du3 u en#-[du3] _ku3-dim3-mesz_ a-na bat-qu sza2 ku-lu-lu sza2 gaszan sza2 unu _igi_-hir2 sze _u4# 1(disz)-kam2_ _mu# 3(u) 7(disz)-kam2_ na3-nig2-du-uri3 _lugal_ babilax(|DIN.TIR|)
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)) — AuOr 37, 045-046 03. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA (P248522) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248522..
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