JANES 18, 41 02

~1950 BCE·Old Babylonian·P200668

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P200668.

Transliteration

3(u) 1(disz) ninda
nig2-ki-lah5
a#-na-mu
[x]-da-gal2
[...]
iti szu-numun-a
mu bad3 esz18-dar-ta2-ra-am-isz-bi-er3-ra ba-du3
[x]-an-ne2
i3-ra2-ra2
en-lil2-la2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — JANES 18, 41 02. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: OIM A29996 (Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA) — from Nippur (mod. Nuffar) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P200668). source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P200668..

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