Position in chronology
AUCT 4, 046
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249617.
Transliteration
_1(ban2) 1/2(disz) sila3 i3 bara2-[ga]_ _1(disz) sila3 i3 gu!-la_ _szu ti-a_ a-bi-zu-um _ki_ suen-u2-s,e2-li# sza i-na u2-wu-um-si-i#[] a-na bi-ti-ia el-qu2-u2 _iti gu4-si-su u4 (n(disz)-kam)_ _mu_ sa-am-su-i-lu#-na# _lugal#_ suen-i-din-nam _dumu_ utu-mu-ba-li2-it, _ARAD_ nin-szubur _ARAD_ [...]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — AUCT 4, 046. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Siegfried H. Horn Museum, Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA (P249617) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249617..
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