Position in chronology
AUCT 4, 056
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249607.
Transliteration
1(disz) udu-nita2 szu ti-a i3-li2-ip-pa-al-sa3-am# ki suen-re-me-ni giri3 suen-u2-s,e2-li it bara2-za3-gar i3-li2-ip-pa-al-sa3-am dumu i3-li2-i-din-nam ARAD AN nergal
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — AUCT 4, 056. 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 (P249607) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249607..
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