JCS 28, 239 04

~1934 BCE·Old Babylonian·P466557

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P466557.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(disz)# sila3 i3-gesz du10-ga#
2(disz) sila3 i3-gesz
[i3]-ba
[ha-la-]nin-gal
en# inanna
[ki ...]-zi-ta
[...] x-en-na
x x [...]
iti# ab-e3
mu li-pi2-it-esz18-dar# lugal#-e en-nin-sun2-zi en nin#-gubalag# uri5#[]-ma# masz2-e [i3-pa3]
puzur4-i3-li2-szu
dub-sar
dumu [suen]-na#-da

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — JCS 28, 239 04. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Lipit-Eštar y1 — Lipit-Eštar became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P466557) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P466557..

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