CBS 07579

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P262580.

Transliteration

4(ban2)? 4(disz)? sila3 ansze
n(barig) 1(ban2) ansze-edin-na
[n(barig)] 1(ban2)#? gu4 niga
[n(barig] gu4# esz3#-esz3
[n] gu4# hu-nu
[n] udu niga
[n] udu#?-nita#?
1(ban2)# szah2 niga
2(ban2) szah2# ze2-eh-tur#
6(disz) sila3 dara3-masz
2(asz) 3(ban2) gur
iti ki 8(disz) kin-inanna u4 1(u) 8(disz)-kam
mu# us2#-sa i3-si-in# ba-dab5-ba

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — CBS 07579. 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 (P262580) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P262580..

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