Position in chronology
N 0995
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P276143.
Transliteration
1(asz)# gu2 1(u) 3(disz) ma-na [x] 2(u) 1(disz) ma-na siki x udu 1(u) 2(disz)#? ma-na siki kur-ra 3(u) 3(disz) ma-na siki za-ri-in 7(disz) ma-na nu-t,u3-up-tum szunigin 1(asz) gu2 1(u) 3(disz) ma-na# EN-x x en-e-x
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — N 0995. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P276143) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P276143..
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