SAOC 44, 96

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P224375.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[...] x x sze? gur#?
[...] te?-buru14?-na-na
[masz2 ...]-tuku
[...]-at-tum
[...]-tuku
[...] x
[...]-tum#?
[...]-e
[igi a]-hi-sza-gi!-mil
igi li-pi2-it-isz8-tar2 dub-sar
[iti] szu-numun-a
[mu ha]-am-mu-ra-pi2 lugal#-e [alan?] musz3#?-me-bi ku3-sig17 [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — SAOC 44, 96. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Hammurabi y1 — Hammurabi became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq (P224375) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P224375..

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