Position in chronology
TMH 05, 092
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P020506.
Transliteration
1(u@c) 8(asz@c) udu 2(asz@c) ud5 sag iti sig4-<u5>-szub-ba-gar til-la lugal-agrig-zi dumu lugal-nig2-bara4-du10-ke4 ba-lah5
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — TMH 05, 092. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Germany (P020506) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P020506..
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