AUCT 4, 018

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249644.

Transliteration

_2(barig) 4(ban2) sze sag_
_masz2 gi-na he2-dah_
_ki_ utu-ga-mil
i3-li2-tu-ra-[am]
_szu ba-an-ti_
[_ki?_] x-bi-szu
[_sze_] u3 _masz2-bi#_
[_i3-ag2-e_]
utu-ga-mil
_dumu_ a-gu-a-tum
_ARAD_ nergal

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — AUCT 4, 018. 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 (P249644) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249644..

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