Robertson diss. p. 214, CBS 766

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P262669.

Transliteration

[n] u8
1(disz) udu-nita2
2(disz) ud5
1(disz) sila4 masz2
e2-tur3 nam-en-na
1(disz) u8
sza3 gesz-tag-ga
iti ki 6(disz) kin-inanna
u4 1(u) 6(disz)-kam

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — Robertson diss. p. 214, CBS 766. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P262669) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P262669..

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