Position in chronology
Robertson diss. p. 343, CBS 7470
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P262471.
Transliteration
2(ban2) sza3-gal ansze en-lil2 nin-urta 2(barig) sze lugal-he2-gal nar gu-za szu-sar-ak iti ki 8(disz) kin-inanna u4 9(disz)-kam mu# ki 3(disz) us2-sa i3-si-in ba-dab-ba
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — Robertson diss. p. 343, CBS 7470. 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 (P262471) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P262471..
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