Position in chronology
CDLJ 2007/1 §3.50
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Transliteration
na3-nig2#-du#-uri3# _lugal_ babilax(KA2.MIN|) [za-nin] e2-sag#-il2#-[u3] e2-zi-da _ibila sag-[kal]_ sza na3-a-[uri3] _lugal#_ babilax(KA2.MIN|)#[]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)) — CDLJ 2007/1 §3.50. 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 (P368401) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no English translation stored at ingestion. P-number P368401..
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