RINBE 2, Neriglissar 03, ex. 03

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P518474.

Transliteration

[...]-pi2-szu
[...] u2-sza-at-ri-is,
[...] _en# dingir_ szu-pu-u2 nu-ur2 _dingir-dingir ad-ad_-szu
[...]-ir-ti sza la na-ka-ri
[...]-szu# lu-usz-ba
[...] lu#-uk-szu-ud
[...]-tu
[... ]utu# a-s,u-u2#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)) — RINBE 2, Neriglissar 03, ex. 03. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: VA Bab 00620 (Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany) — from Bābili (mod. Babylon) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P518474). source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P518474..

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