Position in chronology
AUCT 5, 045
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249522.
Transliteration
_igi-6(disz)-gal2 ku3-babbar_ [a-na] _zu2-lum_ [_ki_ ib]-ni-mar-tu []ra#-bu-ut-suen [u3 be-el]-szu-nu _ugula mar-tu_ _szu ba-an-ti_ _iti szu-numun-a 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, 045. 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 (P249522) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249522..
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