Position in chronology
OLP 18, 062 1
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P453267.
Transliteration
1(u) 5(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) <gur> sze ba-ri2-ga marduk mu-kux(DU) im-gur-ru-um sza3 ku3-babbar siki# ugula suen-na-s,ir iti szu-numun-a u4 5(disz)-kam mu us2-sa e igi hur-sag-ga2
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — OLP 18, 062 1. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (P453267) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P453267..
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