CUSAS 15, 124

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P270743.

Transliteration

_1(gesz2) 1(asz) 1(barig) 2(ban2) sze gur_
_ki_ li-isz-ta-szi-mi-il3
1(disz) il3-szu-mu-ha-ze-er
_szu ba-an-ti_
_iti sig4-a_
_sze i3-ag2#-e#_
_igi_ suen-i-din-nam#
_igi_ i3-li2-a-wi-li
_igi giri3-ni-sa6_
_kiszib-a-ni ib2-ra_
_iti apin-du8-a_
_mu ki 4(disz) i3-si-in in-dab5-ba_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — CUSAS 15, 124. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Rare Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library, Ithaca, New York, USA (P270743) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P270743..

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