Position in chronology
JANES 18, 42 03
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P200666.
Transliteration
3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 ninda AB ki inim-nanna-ta i-gi-ib-li#-me szu ba-an-ti# kiszib3 e2-kur-ra-hi-li#-bi iti diri sze-sag11-ku5 mu gu-za nanna nin-gal ba#-dim2# e2-kur-ra-hi-<li-bi> dub-sar
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — JANES 18, 42 03. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P200666) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P200666..
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