JCS 11, 020 06

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P423727.

Transliteration

_2(barig) 3(ban2) sze_
_masz2 gi-na_
_ki_ geme2-utu _dumu-munus_ ar-bi-e2-a
a-ha-ti-ma
_dam_ ka-la-ma-hu
_szu ba-an-ti_
_u4 buru14-sze3 sze-bi u3 masz2_
_i3-ag2-e_
_igi_ utu-tu-kul2-ti#
_dumu_ i3-li2-tab-ba-e
_igi_ dumu-er-s,e-tim
na-ga-ru
_iti szu-numun-a_
_mu_ mi-isz-la-mi
_kiszib_ utu-tu-kul2-ti#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — JCS 11, 020 06. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Semitics/ICOR Collections, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, USA (P423727) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P423727..

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