OBTI 037

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P369467.

Transliteration

1(disz) _sag_
_mu-ni_
_ki_ x _ka_#-ia# _lugal_#-a-ni-ir#
dingir-na-s,i#-ir#
_in-szi-sa10_
_sa10-til-la-bi-sze3_
2/3(disz)# _ma-na ku3-babbar in-na-[la2_]
_sza3-ga-a-ni i3-du10_
_inim-bi al-til_
_gisz-gan-na ib-ta#-bal#_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — OBTI 037. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA (P369467) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P369467..

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