Position in chronology
LB 0866
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P389330.
Transliteration
i3-li2-u3-utu dumu lu-ub-lu-ut,-dingir ARAD2 lugal-ban3-da
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)) — LB 0866. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: de Liagre Böhl Collection, Netherlands Institute for the Near East, Leiden, Holland (P389330) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P389330..
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