Position in chronology
AUCT 5, 041
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249526.
Transliteration
_1(disz) 1/3(disz) gin2 1(u) 2(disz) sze ku3-babbar_ a-na u2-hu-li _ki_ ib-ni-mar-tu ta-ri-bu-um _szu ba-an-ti_ _iti# [u4 n-kam_] _mu#_ [sa-am-su-i-lu]-na# _lugal# a2-ag2-ga2 en-lil2-la2_
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — AUCT 5, 041. 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 (P249526) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249526..
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