JANES 18, 49 25

~1974 BCE·Old Babylonian·P200686

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P200686.

Why it matters

Transliteration

7(disz) udu al-sze6#
sa2-du11 en-lil2
u3# nin#-lil2
mu-kux(DU)
e2-uzu-sze3
ki e2-gissu-ta
kiszib3 sza3?-tam-e-ne
iti gan-gan-e3 u4 2(u) 6(disz)-kam?
mu i-din-da-gan lugal-e lu2-mah nin-isin2?-na mu-un-il2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — JANES 18, 49 25. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Iddin-Dagan y1 — Iddin-Dagan became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA (P200686) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P200686..

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