Position in chronology
RTC 094
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P216873.
Transliteration
1(asz@c) ib-[...] _ARAD2_ bi-<in>-ka3-li2-szar3-ri2 1(asz@c) ur-ab-u2 lu2# lugal-x [...] ka a x x [...] x x mu-lah5-he-esz2
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — RTC 094. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P216873) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P216873..
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