JCS 07, 083 04

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P423867.

Transliteration

a-di _iti gan-gan-e3!_
_u4 5(disz)-kam_
i3-li2-i-qi2-sza-am
u3 u-bar-rum
i-na il-ki-im mi-it-ha-ru
_igi utu_
_igi_ marduk
_igi_ szu-bu-la
_iti gan-gan-e3
_mu_ a-bi-e-szu-uh _lugal-e usu sza3-asz-sza4 nanna-ka_
nin-nigar-x-u2?
_dumu_ ta-ri-bu-um
[...] nin [...]
[...] i-lu-szu-na [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — JCS 07, 083 04. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland (P423867) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P423867..

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