AUCT 4, 042

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249621.

Transliteration

_2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_
_szu ti-a_ e-la-a
_ki_ a-li-lum
a-na har-ra-an
ba-az-zu
_iti kin-inanna u4 3(u)-kam_
_mu kilib3 gu2-du3-a
e-la-a
_dumu_ a-at-ta-a

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — AUCT 4, 042. 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 (P249621) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249621..

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