Position in chronology
CUSAS 15, 043
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Transliteration
_ziz2-am3_ ir-bi sza2 numun-ia2 en-nam ina _szu ak-sum-szesz _e a-kin_ sza2 ARAD-ak _umbisag e2-gal_ _iti sze u4 2(u) 7(disz)-kam mu 1(u) 4(disz)-kam_ []ak#-nig2-du-uri3 lugal |TIN.TIR| [... a]-na# pa-ni-de-e-ri-lu-mur [... gal]-e2#_ ki-li sza2 sip-par [... ]en-mu [... a]-na# _e2_ ki-lu [...] _4(disz)#? me ziz2-am3_ ir-bi a-na te-lit
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)) — CUSAS 15, 043. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Rare Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library, Ithaca, New York, USA (P270675) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P270675..
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