Position in chronology
AUCT 4, 061
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249602.
Transliteration
_1(u) gur zu2-lum_ _banesz_ amar-utu nam-ha-ar-ti nig2-gi-ia u3 a-li2-lu-mur _ki_ e-tel-pi4-amar-utu [...] _dumu_ szu-i3-li2-ia _ARAD_ mar-tu [...] _dumu_ a-bu-wa-qar _ARAD_ nirah
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — AUCT 4, 061. 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 (P249602) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249602..
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