Position in chronology
Robertson diss. p. 250, CBS 7547
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P262548.
Transliteration
3(disz) udu mu-kux(DU) ugula dam-gar3 1(disz) udu mu-kux(DU) kisal DISZ 5(disz) udu 1(disz) u8 [n] masz2-gal ki-lukur-ra 1(disz) udu nin-urta 1(disz) udu inim-ma-ni-zi sza3-ge guru7 u4 1(u) 1(disz)-kam
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — Robertson diss. p. 250, CBS 7547. 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 (P262548) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P262548..
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