Robertson diss. p. 343, CBS 7645

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P262646.

Transliteration

2(barig) lu2 ur-sag-gal-esz18-dar
giri3? i-bi-nin-szubur
2(ban2) sza3-gal [ansze]
en-lil2 nin-urta
iti ki 5(disz)#? kin-inanna
u4 1(u) 5(disz)?-kam
[mu] ki# 5(disz) i3-si-in ba-dab-ba

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — Robertson diss. p. 343, CBS 7645. 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 (P262646) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P262646..

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