Position in chronology
JCS 36, 182, CBS 7625
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P262626.
Transliteration
[4(disz)?] sila3 i3-gesz gu2-en-na [4(disz)?] sila3 ama5-ni-sze3 6(disz) sila3 da-mi-iq-tum 1(ban2) du-szu-up-tum 1(ban2) in-ba-tum# 2(ban2) ama5-ni-sze3 kaskal i3-si-in-sze3 2(ban2) e2 gu2-en-na 3(ban2) 5(disz) geme2 hi-a u3-tu 1(barig) 4(ban2) 9(disz)? sila3 [i3-gesz?] tukul bil-za-[za] ki ARAD-en-lil2-ta# ba-zi iti szu-numun-a mu us2-sa i3-si-in ba-dab-ba
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — JCS 36, 182, CBS 7625. 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 (P262626) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P262626..
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