PBS 08/2, 201

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P257843.

Transliteration

_e2_ e-da-kum
_ki_ dumu-zimbir
amar-utu-na-s,i-ir
_ib2-<ta>-e3-a_
ki-is,-ri _mu 1(disz)-kam_
_1/2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_
_i3-la2-e_
_iti ab-e3 u4 2(u)-kam_
i-ru-ub
_igi_ utu-a-pi2-li
_igi_ szu-mi-er-s,e-tim
_igi_ a-na-utu-lu-s,i
_igi_ a-wi-il-dingir
_iti ab-e3 u4 2(u)-kam#_
_mu <tukul> szu-nir ku3-sig17_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — PBS 08/2, 201. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P257843) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P257843..

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