Position in chronology
CBS 07555
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P262556.
Transliteration
[4(ban2) 8(disz) sila3] ansze# 6(disz) sila3 ansze-edin-na# 3(barig) 1(ban2) gu4 niga 3(barig) 2(ban2) gu4 esz3-esz3 2(ban2) udu niga 1(barig) 4(ban2) udu-nita 1(ban2) szah2 niga 1(ban2) megidax(KUN) 6(disz)# sila3 dara3-masz 1(asz) 4(barig) 5(ban2) iti du6-ku3 u4 1(u) 7(disz)?-kam [mu us2-sa i3]-si#-in [ba-dab5-ba]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — CBS 07555. 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 (P262556) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P262556..
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