WAM 48.2030

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P272889.

Why it matters

Transliteration

2(asz) gur 2(barig) 3(ban2) x x x
1(asz) 1/2(asz) szar-ti-szu2
1(disz) ur-in-nin-ni
a 1(disz) ni-1(u) 5(disz)
1(asz) gur szu a en-al?
iti ab-x x kur u4-5(disz)-kam2
en x x x x x ki

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)) — WAM 48.2030. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, USA (P272889) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P272889..

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