Neo-Babylonian Larsa 06

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249291.

Transliteration

_[n ma-na] ku3#-babbar#_ sza2 ri-mut-en _a_-szu2 sza2
[szum2]-na#-a# _5(disz)# gin2_ sza2 ki-utu#-tin# [_a_-szu2 sza2]
la#-ba-szi ina _ugu_-hi utu-numun-mu [_a_-szu2 sza2]
la-ba-szi a-na _kaskal_-nu mim-ma
ma-la ina _ugu_ u _edin_ ip-pu-szu2
szal-szu2 ina u2-tur it-ti-szu2#-[nu ik-kal]
mu-kin-nu lu2#-[x _a_-szu2 sza2]
u-gur-gi ag-i [_a_-szu2 sza2]
numun-tu2 marduk#-mu#-du3 [_a_-szu2 sza2]
marduk#-numun#-[x]
u _szid_ ki-utu-tin _a_-szu2 sza2
la-ba-szi larsa ziz2#
_u4 3(disz)#-kam2 mu 3(u)# 5(disz)#-kam2_
ag-nig2-du-uri3 _lugal_ babilax(|DIN.TIR|)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)) — Neo-Babylonian Larsa 06. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Siegfried H. Horn Museum, Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA (P249291) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249291..

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