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~580 BCE·Neo-BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- letter of Sin-sharra-ishkun to Nabopolassar MET DP360670

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Seleucid; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

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~580 BCE·

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YOS 15, 008

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)) — YOS 15, 008. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Religion & Myth·Daily Life

~580 BCE·Neo-BabylonianEditorial

BM 050634

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)) — BM 050634. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Astronomy & Mathematics

~580 BCE·Neo-BabylonianEditorial

OIM A03423

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)) — OIM A03423. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Astronomy & Mathematics

~580 BCE·Neo-BabylonianEditorial

WCMA 20.1.13

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)) — WCMA 20.1.13. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

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~580 BCE·Neo-BabylonianEditorial

YOS 15, 015

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)) — YOS 15, 015. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

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