SAOC 44, 77

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P283575.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[...] x [...]
a-at-ta#?-[a ...]
[...]-x-sze3 inim nu-ga2-[ga2-a]
[mu lugal-bi] in-pa3-de3-esz
[igi ...] x [...] dumu na-ra-am-suen
[igi da-mi]-iq-i3-li2-szu dumu nin-urta-ma-[am-szum2]
[igi da]-mu#-u2-a dumu en-lil2-ma-an-[szum2]
[igi el]-le-tum dumu lu2-nin-urta
[igi ...]-x-i3-li2-szu dumu a-x-x?-u2-a# [...]
[igi nusku]-ni-szu dumu ad#-da-du10-ga
[igi a-wi]-li#?-[a] bur#-gul
[igi en-lil2-mu-ba-li]-it, dub-sar
[iti ...] x
mu# sa-am-su-i-[lu-na lugal ...] x x unu-ga# mu#-un-gul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — SAOC 44, 77. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Samsu-iluna y1 — Samsu-iluna became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA (P283575) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P283575..

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