Position in chronology
BRM 4, 48
Translation · reference
ExperimentalSource: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P363413.
Why it matters
Transliteration
ana marduk _umun_-szu2 na3-nig2-du-uri3 _lugal_ tin-tir _dumu_ pa-a-uri3 ana _tin_-szu2 _ba_
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)) — BRM 4, 48. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: J. Pierpont Morgan Library Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (P363413) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P363413..
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