Position in chronology
UCP 10-01, 099
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248088.
Transliteration
_2(asz) 2(barig) gur sze_ _sza13-dub_ ru-uk-bi-im sza [x]-ha-na nam-ha-ar-ti a-hu-szi-na pu-ha-at sza ne-ri-ib-tim am-mu-ra-pi2 im-du-du _iti_ ma-ag-ra-nu _mu mar-gid2-da ku3-sig17_
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — UCP 10-01, 099. 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 (P248088) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248088..
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