Position in chronology
AUCT 4, 082
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249585.
Transliteration
_2(disz) lu2 sze#-sag11#-ku5#_ sze-le-bu-um _iti bara2-za3-gar u4 2(u) 6(disz)-kam_ _mu_ sa-am-su-i-lu-na _lugal#-[e] a2-ag2-ga2 en-lil2-la2-ka_ [sze]-le-[bu-um] _dumu_ ma-mi-[...] _ARAD_ isztaran#?
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — AUCT 4, 082. 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 (P249585) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249585..
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