JCS 11, 034 22

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P423724.

Transliteration

_2(ban2) kasz_
a-na el-me-szum _ra!-gaba_
_sza3 kasz_ sza qa2-ti-szu
_mu-kux(DU)_
x-x-[...]
_iti du6-ku3 u4 9(kam)_
_mu_ am-mi-s,a-du-qa2 _lugal-e szu-nir gal-gal-la_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — JCS 11, 034 22. 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 (P423724) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P423724..

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