Position in chronology
AUCT 4, 051
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249612.
Transliteration
1(barig) 2(ban2) kasz szu ti-a []amar-utu-isz-me-an-ni u3 za-ka-ar-amar-utu x ki suen-illat-su2-ta# igi za-ba4-ba4-a-sza-re-ed igi a-wi-il-isz8-tar2 iti sze-sag11-ku5 mu tukul su-nir za-ba4-ba4-a-sza-re-ed dumu i3-li2-a-ia-e-ni-isz
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — AUCT 4, 051. 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 (P249612) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249612..
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