Position in chronology
AuOr 37, 047-049 05
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248559.
Transliteration
_6(disz) gin2 4(disz@v)_-tu2 _ku3-sig17_ sza2 a-na _ugu_ _1/3(disz) 3(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2_ bit-qa _ku3-sig17_ _4(disz@v) igi_ tal-lu _ku3-sig17_ sza2 na-na-a u2-rad-du-u2 utu-mu _ku3-dim2_ ma-hi-ir kin 2(disz)-kam2_ u4 4(disz@v)-kam2_ _mu 1(u)-kam2_ na3-ni2-tuku _lugal_ babilax(|DIN.TIR|)
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)) — AuOr 37, 047-049 05. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, California, USA (P248559) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248559..
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