JCS 36, 251

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P254900.

Transliteration

6.40
2(disz) szu-si ib2-sa2
a-sza3-bi en-nam
a-sza3-bi igi 3(disz)-gal2 sze-kam

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — JCS 36, 251. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P254900) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P254900..

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