RINBE 2, Neriglissar 03, ex. 05

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P518476.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[...]-lu#-t,u3# x [...]
[...]-ah#-ri i-na _ku3-babbar_ ip-ti#-x x x
[x x] nam#-ru ti-iq-nim me2-lam-mu u2-sza-al-bi-isz-szu#
[x] _buranun# i7 he2-gal2_-lam sza isz-tu bi-na-a-ti-szu
[...] e2#-sag-il2 szu-te-szu-ru mu-u2#-szu ga-ap-szu-ti#
[...]-le#-e _lugal_ ma-ah-ri mu-u2-szu a-na i#-te-e e2-sag-il2#
[x x]-u2# i-re-e-qu a-na sa-a-bu
[x x] a#-sza-ar-szu la-bi-ri asz-te#-e'-e-ma#
[x x]-ak# me2-e-szu ki-ma la#-bi-ri-im#-[x]
[...]-te#-e e2-sag-il2 usz-te#-te#-[x x]
_[...]-e3#_ sza _lugal_ ma-ah-ri u2-sza#-ah#-[...]
[...]-ri#-ma# i-na ku#-up#-ri# [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)) — RINBE 2, Neriglissar 03, ex. 05. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany (P518476) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P518476..

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