Position in chronology
1979-12-18, 0070
Not yet translated
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From the same catalogue range (near P428723)
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)) — 1979-12-18, 0070. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: British Museum, London, UK (P428723) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P428723..
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