Position in chronology
Akkadica 134/1 §2.9b
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P459089.
Transliteration
1(u) 4(disz) [...] 4(gesz2) 1(u) 4(disz)#? [...] [...] suen#? [...] suen#? er3#-ra#-[...] [...] ia-da#-[a]-a#?-[tum?] [...] [...] [...] 6(disz) _gur_ [...] 1(disz) gur [...] za#-ku#?-ri# [...] 6(disz) gur [...] za#-ku#?-ri#
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — Akkadica 134/1 §2.9b. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: PML 46.069 (Pickler Memorial Library, Truman State University, Kirksville, Missouri, USA) — from Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P459089). source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P459089..
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