CUSAS 15, 167

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P270784.

Transliteration

_1(disz) gin2_ i3-li2-ma-gir#
_1(disz) gin2 sa10 5(asz) gur sze_ a-na szu-i3-li2-szu
_1(disz) gin2 sa10 gazi_
_szu ti-a_ lu2-usz-[...]
u3 ma-an-nu-um-ki-ma-e3-a
_[n] gin2 sa10 na4 gesz?_
_iti kin-inanna u4 2(u) 2(disz)-kam_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — CUSAS 15, 167. 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 (P270784) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P270784..

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