Position in chronology
CUSAS 15, 109
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P270733.
Transliteration
_2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ ma-ri-[i3-li2?] i-nu-ma a-na nibru il#-[li]-ku# _6(disz) sze_ ir-s,e-te-ia x [...] a-na li-bi si-li-ki#? _igi-6(disz)-gal2_ qi2#-isz an-nu#-ni-tim _igi-6(disz)-gal2_ nin-x ad-pa-el _szunigin 2(disz)? gin2# 6(disz) [sze ku3-babbar]_ _iti# udru# u4 1(u) 1(disz)-[kam]_ _mu i7 buranun#-[... mu-ba-la2]_
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — CUSAS 15, 109. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Rare Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library, Ithaca, New York, USA (P270733) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P270733..
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