RINBE 1, Nebuchadnezzar II nn, ex. nn

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Nebuchadnezzar, exile, late astronomy.

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P416134 · ~2550 BCE

AoF 41, 010-014

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P416122 · ~580 BCE

RINBE 1, Nebuchadnezzar II nn, ex. nn

P416124 · ~580 BCE

RINBE 1, Nebuchadnezzar II nn, ex. nn

Transliteration

[na3-ku-du-ri-uri3]
[_lugal_ ba]-bi#-lu#[]
[za-ni-nu] e2#-sag-il2#
[u3 e2-zi]-da _ibila#_
[_sag-kal_ sza2 na3]-ibila#-[uri3]
[_lugal_ ba-bi-lu ana-ku]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) ?) — RINBE 1, Nebuchadnezzar II nn, ex. nn. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: TLC 4 (Toppan Rare Books Library, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA) — from Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud) ? — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P416123). source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P416123..

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