Position in chronology
AUCT 4, 074
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249591.
Transliteration
_1(u) 8(asz) gur zu2-lum_ _kar-bi 2(asz) gur-ta-am3_ _ku3-bi 9(disz) gin2_ nam-ha-ar-ti a-hi-ia _ugula nam-5(disz) _ki_ e-tel-pi4 _szandana_ _giri3_ a-pil-ki-it-tim u2-s,i-nu-rum _szandana_ u3 a-hu-um-<wa>-qar! a-na su2-ti-szu-nu _iti kin-inanna u4 2(u) 2(disz)-kam_ _mu_ sa-am-su-i-lu-na _lugal tukul szu-nir_ im-gur-suen _dumu_ nanna-an-dul3 _ARAD_ nin-szubur
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — AUCT 4, 074. 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 (P249591) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249591..
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