Position in chronology
SANER 02, 17
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P405215.
Transliteration
3(ban2) zi3-da# a-na erin2-mesz mu-wa#-[ar-ba-tim] sza e2 sza-ab#-[ri-im] zi#-ga# sza3 e2 _a-si#-[ri]_ [nig2]-szu# suen-sze-[mi] ugula _a-si#-[ri]_ iti udru u4 3(disz)-kam mu unu u3 a2-dam-[bi] [na-bi-i3-li2-szu] sza13-dub#-[ba] dumu la-ki#-ta#-[re-me-ni] ARAD [ri-im-a-nu-um]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — SANER 02, 17. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P405215) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P405215..
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