AuOr 37, 045-046 03

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248522.

Why it matters

Transliteration

_1(disz) gin2 4(disz@v)_-tu2 _la2 ku3-sig17-me#_
1(u)-5(disz)-mu-du3 u en#-[du3]
_ku3-dim3-mesz_ a-na bat-qu
sza2 ku-lu-lu sza2 gaszan sza2 unu
_igi_-hir2
sze _u4# 1(disz)-kam2_
_mu# 3(u) 7(disz)-kam2_ na3-nig2-du-uri3 _lugal_ babilax(|DIN.TIR|)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)) — AuOr 37, 045-046 03. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA (P248522) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248522..

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