Position in chronology
CDLJ 2007/1 §3.49
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From the same catalogue range (near P368400)
Transliteration
na3-ku-dur2-ri-uri3 _lugal_ ba-bi-lu za-ni-in e2-sag-il2# [u3] e2-zi-da _a sag-kal_ sza na3-ibila-szesz _lugal_ ba#-bi-lu
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)) — CDLJ 2007/1 §3.49. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Kalamazoo Valley Museum, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA (P368400) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no English translation stored at ingestion. P-number P368400..
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