Position in chronology
AUCT 4, 037
Translation · reference
ExperimentalSource: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249626.
Why it matters
Transliteration
_1(disz) sag-geme2 suen-du-[ri _mu-ni_] _ki_ suen-u2-s,e2-li# utu-mu-ba-li2-it, _nam iti 2(disz)-kam u4 1(disz)-kam_ _in-hun-ga2_ u2-sza-ka-al-szi u3 _1(asz) 2(barig) gur sze_ _i3-ag2-e_ _igi_ an-na-tum suen-a-a-ba-asz _iti sze-sag11-ku5 u4 2(u)-kam_ _mu_ sa-am-su-[i-lu-na _lu2_] i-da-ma-ra#-[asz2]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — AUCT 4, 037. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Siegfried H. Horn Museum, Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA (P249626) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249626..
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