AUCT 4, 017

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249645.

Transliteration

_3(barig)#? 2(ban2) sze_
_3(u) e-dan-a-x
_ki_ x-x-x-lum#
hi-gar-lu-mur#
[_szu ba-an-ti_]
[_u4 buru14-sze3_]
_[i3]-ag2#-e#
_igi_ a-wi-il-nin-szubur#
_iti udru u4 2(u) 1(disz)-kam_
_mu_ sa-am-su-i-lu-na _lugal-e gesz? da-am?-gur?-[ti]
hi-gar-lu-[mur]
_dumu_ suen-i-din-[nam]
[_ARAD_] [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — AUCT 4, 017. 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 (P249645) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249645..

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