SA 163

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P273659.

Transliteration

1(disz) ma-na 2(disz) 1/3(disz) [gin2] ku3-babbar
4(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar ab-dal-lak
ku6? un u2-ra-tum
sze3-ti-a i3-li2-<ba>-ir?-ni
ki u2-ra-tum
iti NE-NE-gar
mu ki 2(u) 6(disz) i3-si-in-na ba-x-ba

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — SA 163. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Special Collections and Archives, John T. Richardson Library, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois, USA (P273659) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P273659..

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