Position in chronology
TCBI 2/1, 54
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P382063.
Transliteration
im-[...] lu2-dingir-ra sanga isin2-ke4 di-bi si-bi2-sa2 1(asz@c) ibila!(USZ-TUR) sa12-du5 1(asz@c) ne-sag ur-ME im-mu-szum2 1(asz@c) ur-nisaba# x-[...] lu2-ki#-[inim-ma-me]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — TCBI 2/1, 54. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Banca d'Italia, Rome, Italy (P382063) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P382063..
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