TCL 01, 113

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P386549.

Transliteration

_1(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 1(u) 5(disz) sze ku3-babbar_
_ki-la2-sze3_
_ki_ utu
suen-be-el#-ibila
_dumu_ li-pi2-it-isz8-tar2
_szu ba-an-ti_
i-na sza-la-am _kaskal_
_ku3-babbar i3-la2-e_
_igi_ suen
_igi_ i-bi-nin-szubur
_iti apin-du8-a u4 2(u)-kam_
_mu gu-za nesag-ga2_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — TCL 01, 113. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P386549) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P386549..

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