RINBE 2, Neriglissar 03, ex. 04

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P518475.

Transliteration

i-na# [...]
la u2#-usz#-[...]
ia-ti asz2-ru [...]
e-ep-ti-iq-ma 8(disz) [...]
sza le-em-nim u3 [...]
ti-i-ri ka#-[...]
i-na _ka2_-[...]
i-na ki#-se3#-[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)) — RINBE 2, Neriglissar 03, ex. 04. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: VA Bab 00610 (Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany) — from Bābili (mod. Babylon) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P518475). source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P518475..

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