JCS 28, 237 01

~1984 BCE·Old Babylonian·P466620

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P466620.

Why it matters

Transliteration

2(disz)# zi-ir
[x] uruda# 9(disz) ma-na
[ga2]-nun#-mah-ta
[...]-nanna-sze3
[...]-nanna dumu en
[...] x
[...] x
[...] x-it-ti#-szu#
[... ]suen#-na-[...]
[kiszib3?] gal2
[iti] ab-e3
mu# szu-i3-li2-szu lugal# gu-za-mah an [inanna] mu-ne-dim2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — JCS 28, 237 01. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šu-iliszu y1 — Šu-iliszu became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P466620) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P466620..

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