CBS 07559

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P262560.

Transliteration

1(barig) 8(disz) sila3 ansze
6(disz) sila3 ansze-edin-na
3(barig) gu4 niga
2(barig) gu4 esz3-esz3
2(ban2)# udu niga
1(barig) udu-nita
2(ban2) szah2# [niga]
2(ban2) megidax(KUN)#
6(disz) sila3 dara3-masz
1(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) gur
iti ki 2(disz) NE-NE-gar u4 2(u)-kam
mu us2-sa i3-si#-in ba-dab5-ba

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — CBS 07559. 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 (P262560) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P262560..

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