AUCT 4, 037

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249626.

Transliteration

_1(disz) sag-geme2 suen-du-[ri _mu-ni_]
_ki_ suen-u2-s,e2-li#
utu-mu-ba-li2-it,
_nam iti 2(disz)-kam u4 1(disz)-kam_
_in-hun-ga2_
u2-sza-ka-al-szi
u3 _1(asz) 2(barig) gur sze_
_i3-ag2-e_
_igi_ an-na-tum
suen-a-a-ba-asz
_iti sze-sag11-ku5 u4 2(u)-kam_
_mu_ sa-am-su-[i-lu-na _lu2_] i-da-ma-ra#-[asz2]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — AUCT 4, 037. 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 (P249626) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249626..

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