CUSAS 15, 169

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P270786.

Transliteration

_8(disz) gi hi#?-[a?]
a-na ku-bu-lum _sza3#-tam#_
sza _5(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na uruda_
_ki 3(disz)_
_iti udru u4 2(u) 7(disz)-kam_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — CUSAS 15, 169. 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 (P270786) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P270786..

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