Position in chronology
PPAC 4, 255
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P332167.
Transliteration
1(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na siki-gi zi#-ga
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC) ?) — PPAC 4, 255. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Couvent Saint-Etienne, Jerusalem (P332167) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P332167..
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