MSL SS 1, 033

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P347756.

Transliteration

[...]-a# = %a gi-it-mal-[lu]
[...]-a# = %a szar-ri la sza2-[na-an]
[...]-a# = %a MIN<(szar-ri la sza2-na-an)>
[...]-x# = %a LUGAL NUN [...]
[...] = %a [MIN] a-szi#-ib# pa#-[rak-ki]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)) — MSL SS 1, 033. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P347756) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P347756..

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