Position in chronology
JCS 24, 093, 09
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P462143.
Transliteration
1(disz) sila3 i3-gesz szu ti-a sin-i-bi#-szu ki a-na-pa-ni#-dingir iti sig4-a u4 2(u) 6(disz)-kam mu ri-im-sin lugal suen-i-[bi-szu] dumu suen-i-qi2-sza-am ARAD ri-im-suen
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — JCS 24, 093, 09. 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 (P462143) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P462143..
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