Position in chronology
AUCT 4, 065
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249599.
Transliteration
4(asz) gur sze sag du masz2 gi-na ba-ab-dah-e ki utu u3 na-bi-suen ba-li-t,u3-um _dumu_ suen-e-ri-ba-[am] szu ba-an-ti iti sig4-a sze u3 masz2-bi [i3-ag2-e] ba-li-t,u3-um dumu suen-i-ri-ba-am ARAD nin-szubur
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — AUCT 4, 065. 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 (P249599) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249599..
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