AUCT 4, 014

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249648.

Transliteration

_1(asz) gur sze [sag]_
_masz2# [gi]-na# dah#-[e-dam]_
_ki#_ [suen]-im-gur#-[an-ni]
[s,i]-li2#-utu
_szu ba-an-ti_
_iti sig4-a_ sze-a-am u3 _masz2-[bi]_
_i3-ag2-e_
_kiszib-a-ni [ib2-ra]_
_iti kin-inanna# [u4 n-kam]_
_mu_ sa-am-su-[i-lu-na _lugal] tukul szu#-[nir] ku3-babbar ku3-sig17_ [...]
s,i2-li2-utu
_dumu_ szu-mu-um
_ARAD_ [x]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — AUCT 4, 014. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Siegfried H. Horn Museum, Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA (P249648) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249648..

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