JCS 01, 234 N 3891

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P254753.

Transliteration

[8.53.20]
[igi]-bi# 6.45#
[8].53.20 18
[22.30] 6#.45
[1.20] 9 6.40

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — JCS 01, 234 N 3891. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P254753) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P254753..

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