JANES 18, 48 19

~1950 BCE·Old Babylonian·P200683

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P200683.

Transliteration

1(disz) [...]
1(u) 2(disz) [...]
ki x [...] x [...]
ba-[...]
gaba-ri [...] x [...]
kiszib3 x-[...]
iti [...]
[...]
isz-bi#-er3-[ra]
lugal ma-da-[na]
lu2-nin#-[...]
dub-sar [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — JANES 18, 48 19. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: OIM A30014 (Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA) — from Nippur (mod. Nuffar) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P200683). source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P200683..

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