CBS 07617

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P262618.

Transliteration

5(disz) sila3 ansze edin-na
1(barig) 3(ban2) gu4 niga
2(ban2)#? 5(disz) sila3 ab2 hu-nu
1(ban2) udu niga
5(disz) sila3 szah2 niga
1(barig) megidax(TUN)
7(disz)? sila3# [dara3-masz]
3(barig)? 1(ban2)# 2(disz)# sila3
iti ki 8(disz)#? sig4#-a u4 1(u) 4(disz)#-kam#
mu-us2-sa-i3-si#-in ba#-dab5-ba

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — CBS 07617. 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 (P262618) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P262618..

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