Position in chronology
AUCT 5, 043
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249524.
Transliteration
_igi-6(disz)-gal2 ku3-babbar_ a-na _zu2-lum_ _ki_ ib-ni-mar-tu ib-ni-marduk ki-bala-masz-da3 _szu ba-an-ti_ [_iti] NE-NE-gar u4 1(u)-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, 043. 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 (P249524) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249524..
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