JCS 69, 067-108 12

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P416343.

Transliteration

[...]
[...] x
[a-na hi-sze-eh]-ti# _dumu-munus lugal_
dumu-zimbir
u3 a-hi-a!-ia-am-szi
_szu ba-an-ti-mesz_
_u4 buru14-sze3!_
[_erin2 sze-sag11]-ku5-mesz_
[i-la]-ku-u2
[u2-ul i]-la-ku-u2
[ki]-ma# s,i!-im!-da!-at# <_lugal_>
[...]
[_iti ...] u4# [n-kam_]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — JCS 69, 067-108 12. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Columbia University Library, New York, New York, USA (P416343) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P416343..

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