JANES 18, 46 15

~1950 BCE·Old Babylonian·P200679

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P200679.

Transliteration

6(gesz2) 5(disz) 4(disz) [...]
1(disz) ninda i3 [...]
[...] tug2-ta
[... x x] 3(ban2) haszhur? U ninda szid?
6(asz) 9(disz) sila3 ninda
1(barig) 1(disz) sila3 ninda i3
6(disz) sila3 zi3-ta?
sag-nanna
en-nu-um-suen?
x x x [...]
mu# [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — JANES 18, 46 15. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: OIM A30008 (Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA) — from Nippur (mod. Nuffar) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P200679). source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P200679..

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