BE 06/1, 048

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P258641.

Transliteration

_iti <du6>-ku3-ga-a_
_u4 1(u) 5(disz)-kam_
u2-s,i2
_ki_ ip-qa2-tum
szar-rum-iszkur
_dumu_ tap-pi2-lu!-um
a-na _iti 1(disz)-kam_-szu
i-gu-ur-szu
_igi dumu-me_ bur-iszkur
_simug_
_mu_ sa-am-si!-i-lu-<na> _lugal-e_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — BE 06/1, 048. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P258641) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P258641..

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