Position in chronology
AUCT 4, 072 & 073
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249592.
Transliteration
_5(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ sza ip-qu2-isz8-tar2 ma-s,a-ar-tum _nig2-szu_ sze-ep-suen _u4_-um i-ri-szu-szu _ku3-babbar i3-la2-e_ _iti sze-sag11-ku5 u4 1(disz)-kam_ _mu_ sa-am-su-i-lu-na _lugal_ _5(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ sza szi-ip-suen ip-qu2-suen <_dumu_> suen-li-di-isz _ARAD_ nergal
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — AUCT 4, 072 & 073. 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 (P249592) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249592..
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