JCS 36, 170, UM 29-15-855

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P256541.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(gesz2) 1(u) 3(asz) gu2 siki kur-ra
1(u) 3(asz) gu2 siki gu2 udu
1(asz) gu2 siki babbar
1(gesz2) 2(u) 7(asz) gu2 siki hi-a
mu-kux(DU) e2-lagar
sza3-ba 1(asz) gu2 siki babbar
e2 gu2-en-na-sze3
iti gu4-si-su u4 1(u)-kam
mu# ri-im-suen lugal-e i7-sikil-la mu-ba-al

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — JCS 36, 170, UM 29-15-855. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Rim-Sin I y1 — Rim-Sin became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P256541) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P256541..

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