Position in chronology
AUCT 4, 081
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249586.
Transliteration
sze#-li#-bu#-um# lu2#-iszkur _iti gu4-si-su# u4 6(disz)-kam_ _mu_ sa#-am-su-i-lu-na _lugal a2-ag2-ga2 en-lil2-la2-ka_ [sze]-li-bu-[um] [_dumu_] ma-ni-[...] _ARAD_ isztaran#?
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — AUCT 4, 081. 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 (P249586) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249586..
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