Position in chronology
JCS 07, 089 13
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P424172.
Transliteration
_2/3(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar e2 a-ba_ masz2-bi_ ma-ka-lum _ku3-babbar_ suen sza suen _ugu_ u-bar-rum i-szu-u2 u2-sa-ad-da-ar-ma suen i-ip-pa-al _igi_ utu _igi_ marduk _igi_ szu-bu-la _iti sig4-a u4 2(u) 1(disz)-kam_ _mu_ a-bi-e-szu-uh _lugal-e nanna giskim-ti-la-ni-sze3 szu-nir gal-gal-la2_
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — JCS 07, 089 13. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland (P424172) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P424172..
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