Position in chronology
DCS 113
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P414687.
Transliteration
igi EN#-ZU#-na igi ad-iszkur igi ha-ku-ra-nu-um 1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) gur ZA-ti-um
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — DCS 113. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Bibliothèque Nationale et Universitaire de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France (P414687) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P414687..
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