AUCT 4, 078

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P273622.

Transliteration

_3(ban2) sze-gesz-i3_
_ugu_ ka-bi-ia
a-wi-li-ia
i-szu-u2
a-na _u4 5(disz)-kam_
i-na-di-in
_igi_ i3-li2-ia-pu-uh
_igi_ SIG-e2-a
_iti sig4#-[a]_
_mu tukul szu#-nir_
[ka]-bi-a
[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — AUCT 4, 078. 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 (P273622) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P273622..

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