JCS 28, 240 06

~1934 BCE·Old Babylonian·P462153

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P462153.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(disz) sila3 i3-gesz du10-ga
2(disz) sila3 i3-gesz
i3-ba ha-la-nin-gal
en inanna
ki lugal-ezem agrig-ta
kiszib3 i-din-da-gan-wa-qar esz3-a-ab-du#
iti sze-sag11#-ku5
mu
li-pi2-it-esz18-dar
lugal kal-ga
lugal ma-da
i-din-da-gan-wa-qar
esz3-a-ab-du
dumu nanna-i3-sa6
ARAD2-zu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — JCS 28, 240 06. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Lipit-Eštar y1 — Lipit-Eštar became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P462153) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P462153..

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