Position in chronology
JANES 18, 42 04
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P200669.
Transliteration
[...] i3 [...] x 3(disz) [x] AB lu2-da-mu szum2-mu na-ab-x iti gu4-si-su mu nin-dingir lugal-er2#-ra ba-il2 isz-bi-er3-ra lugal kal-ga lugal ma-da-na a-bu-ni agrig dumu nu-ur2-i3-li2 ARAD2-zu
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — JANES 18, 42 04. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: OIM A30006 (Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA) — from Nippur (mod. Nuffar) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P200669). source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P200669..
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