AUCT 4, 035

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249628.

Transliteration

_e2_ [sza3-...]
_ki_ sza3-[...]
_lugal e2-e-ke4_
a-si-rum
_nam ka-kesz2_ a-na _mu 1(disz)-kam_
_ib2-te-e3-a_
_ka-kesz2 mu 1(disz)-kam_
_igi 4(disz)-gal2 ku3-babbar_
ma-hi-ir
_iti udru u4 1(disz)-kam_
_mu nig2 babbar-ra siskur2-ra# iszkur babila2-sze3_
za-ba4-ba4-na-s,i-ir
_dumu_ ib-ni-iszkur
_ARAD iszkur_
u3 na-bi-um

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — AUCT 4, 035. 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 (P249628) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249628..

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