RINBE 2, Nabonidus 14, ex. 02

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P452314.

Why it matters

Transliteration

_dumu_ na#-[...]
ru-bu-u2 [...]
i-nu-um marduk# [...]_
a-na be-lu-ut ma#-[...]
i-na na-ap-ha-ar# s,a-al#-[...]
u2#-szar#-bu#-u2# zi#-ik#-ri# [...]
ni#-szi ki-ib-ra#-a-ti er#-[...]
[x]-na re-e2#-u2-ti [...]
[...] ba-u2-la-a-ti-szu# [...] i-x [x x]
[...] _al# te# ki# szu2#_ [...]
[x x] x x _mu#_ x x [...]
[x]-ib#-ra-at er-bet#-[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)) — RINBE 2, Nabonidus 14, ex. 02. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P452314) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P452314..

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