Position in chronology
AUCT 4, 015
Translation · reference
ExperimentalSource: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249647.
Why it matters
Transliteration
[n] _sze# [sag]_ _masz2 gi-na [ba-ab-dah-e]_ _ki utu_ [u3 ...] gi-mil-i3-li2 _ARAD?-bi_ _szu ba-an-ti_ _mu-ku4(TU) u4 buru14-sze3_ _sze u3 masz2-bi_ _i3-ag2-e_ _igi_ a-pil-i3-li2-szu _igi_ sza-ma-a-a-tum _iti ab-e3 u4 2(u) 9(disz)-kam_ _mu_ sa-am-su-i-lu-na _lugal tukul szu-nir_ [sza-ma-a]-a#?-tum [x x]-u4-gal [x x] x x x
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — AUCT 4, 015. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Siegfried H. Horn Museum, Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA (P249647) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249647..
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