MCT 031, UM 29.16.589

~1800 BCE·Old Babylonian·P254516

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Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P254516.

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Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — MCT 031, UM 29.16.589. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

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Image: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P254516) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P254516..

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