Position in chronology
Robertson diss. p. 119, CBS 7656
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P262657.
Transliteration
4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 ansze 5(disz) sila3 ansze-edin-na 4(barig) gu4 niga 4(ban2) ab2 u2 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 udu# u2 1(ban2) udu-nita 2(ban2) szah2 niga 2(ban2) szah2 ze2-eh-tur 3(disz)! sila3 dara3-masz 1(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 iti ki 4(disz) sig4-a u4 2(u) 1(disz)-kam mu us2-sa i3-si-in in#?-dab5-ba
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — Robertson diss. p. 119, CBS 7656. 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 (P262657) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P262657..
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