Position in chronology
Fs Saporetti 381 HMA 9-01816
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P247913.
Transliteration
2(barig) 1(ban2) [...] 2(ban2) x 6(barig)#? n(ban2) 3(ban2) 1(disz) sila3# [...] iti sig4-a u4 3(disz)-kam mu gu-za nanna# [...]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — Fs Saporetti 381 HMA 9-01816. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA (P247913) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P247913..
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