JANES 18, 50 29

~1974 BCE·Old Babylonian·P200690

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P200690.

Why it matters

Transliteration

6(disz) udu-nita2
u4 2(u) 6(disz)-kam
3(disz) udu-nita2
u4 2(u) 8(disz)-kam
sa2-du11 en-lil2
u3 nin-lil2
sza3 nibru
ki# e2-gissu-ta
mu-kux(DU) <e2>-uzu-sze3
kiszib3 sza3-tam-e-ne
iti ab-e3#
mu i-din-da-gan lugal-e szu-nir-gal nin-isin2?-na-ra mu-na-dim2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — JANES 18, 50 29. 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 (P200690) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P200690..

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