Position in chronology
JCS 28, 239 05
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P466551.
Transliteration
1(disz) sila3 i3-gesz i3-ba sza-at-i3-li2-a nin-dingir iszkur ga2-nun-mah-ta i-din-da-gan-wa-qar szu ba-an-ti iti szu-numun#-a# mu gu-un#-gu-nu-um lugal#-e alan gu-la e2 nanna-ka i-ni-in#-ku4-ra
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — JCS 28, 239 05. 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 (P466551) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P466551..
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