Position in chronology
LB 0217
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P388751.
Transliteration
1(asz@c)#? 3(barig@c) ninda-bar#?-[ra?] ziz2 isztaran gur#? 3(barig@c) kasz ziz2 dug-sze3 ba-sur [x x] gan-sze3 szu ba-ti zi-ga
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC) ?) — LB 0217. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: de Liagre Böhl Collection, Netherlands Institute for the Near East, Leiden, Holland (P388751) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P388751..
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