TMN Ist Ni 00150

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P368709.

Transliteration

[...] lu2?
n(barig) 4(ban2) sze
n(barig) 5(ban2) sze
n 1(barig)
n 1(barig) 1(ban2) sze
n 1(barig) 2(ban2) sze
n 1(barig) 3(ban2) sze
n 1(barig) 4(ban2) sze
n 1(barig) 5(ban2)# sze

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — TMN Ist Ni 00150. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey (P368709) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P368709..

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