AUCT 4, 059

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249604.

Why it matters

Transliteration

_2(u) 3(asz) gur zu2-lum_
nam-ha-ar-ti
a-hu-szu-nu _szandana_
_mu-kux(DU)_ suen-i-din-nam
_diri 7(asz) 2(barig) gur zu2-lum_
suen-i-din-nam
_iti udru u4 2(u)-kam_
_mu_ sa-am-su-i-lu-na _lugal-e kur nu-sze-ga-ni_
a-hu-szu-nu
_dumu_ zi-ia-tum
_ARAD_ nin-si4-an-na

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — AUCT 4, 059. 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 (P249604) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249604..

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