Position in chronology
AUCT 4, 048
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249615.
Transliteration
1/2(disz) gin2 1(u) 5(disz) sze ku3-babbar szu ti-a a-me-er-tum ki ip-qu2-isz8-tar2 iti kin-inanna u4 1(disz)-kam mu alan szud3-de3 utu-[mu-ba-li-it,] dumu suen-tu-kul-ti ARAD nin-si4-[an-na]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — AUCT 4, 048. 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 (P249615) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249615..
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