Position in chronology
CBS 07570
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P262571.
Transliteration
1(barig) 8(disz) sila3 ansze 7(disz) sila3 ansze-edin-na 2(barig) gu4 niga 2(barig) ab2 hu-nu 2(ban2) udu niga# 1(barig) udu-nita! 1(ban2) 5(disz) szah2 niga 4(disz) sila3 dara3-masz 1(asz) 1(barig) 5(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 iti ki 5(disz) szu-numun-a u4 5(disz)-kam mu us2-sa i3-si-in ba-dab5-ba
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — CBS 07570. 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 (P262571) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P262571..
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