MS 3894/3

~1950 BCE·Old Babylonian·P252972

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P252972.

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC) ?) — MS 3894/3. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Schøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway (P252972) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P252972..

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