ARET 03, 081

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P242266.

Transliteration

_szu bala ak_
5(u@c) GIN2-DILMUN _ku3-sig17_
1(asz@c) _dib_ bur-ha-asz2
a-da-bi2-ig
1(u@c) GIN2-DILMUN _ku3:babbar_
kum-NE
[...]
1(asz@c) _ma-na_ |SZU2+SZA| GIN2-DILMUN _ku3:babbar_
NE-a-dum
3(asz@c) kunga2
ri2-i3-ha-lam
_szu ba4-ti_
1(u@c) 5(asz@c) [GIN2-DILMUN] _ku3#:babbar_ [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ebla (ca. 2350-2250 BC)) — ARET 03, 081. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: National Museum of Syria, Idlib, Syria (P242266) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P242266..

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