Position in chronology
AUCT 4, 059
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249604.
Transliteration
_2(u) 3(asz) gur zu2-lum_ nam-ha-ar-ti a-hu-szu-nu _szandana_ _mu-kux(DU)_ suen-i-din-nam _diri 7(asz) 2(barig) gur zu2-lum_ suen-i-din-nam _iti udru u4 2(u)-kam_ _mu_ sa-am-su-i-lu-na _lugal-e kur nu-sze-ga-ni_ a-hu-szu-nu _dumu_ zi-ia-tum _ARAD_ nin-si4-an-na
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — AUCT 4, 059. 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 (P249604) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249604..
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