JANES 18, 48 21

~1974 BCE·Old Babylonian·P200664

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P200664.

Why it matters

Transliteration

4(disz) sila3 zi3 lal3
sila3 bur-zi zu2-lum
mu-kux(DU)
e2# en-lil2-la2-ta
[en]-um#-suen
[szu] ba-an-ti
iti sze-sag11-ku5
mu i-din-da-gan lugal-e ma#-tum-ni-a-tum dumu#-munus#-a-ni lugal an-sza-an ba-an-tuku-a
en-um-suen
dub-sar

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — JANES 18, 48 21. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Iddin-Dagan y1 — Iddin-Dagan became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P200664) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P200664..

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