TCL 01, 161

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P386597.

Transliteration

_6(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_
_sza3 1(u) gin2 ku3-babbar_
ki-isz-da-at dingir-ha-bil2
_mu-kux(DU)_
i-din-na-bi-um
_dumu_ ib-ni-marduk
nam-har-ti
pir-hi-mar-tu _di-ku5_
_igi_ er3-ra-mu-sza-lim
_dumu_ e2-a-szar-ri-i3-li2
_igi_ i-din-marduk
_dumu_ a-wi-il-suen
_iti kin-inanna u4 8(disz)-kam_
_mu_ am-mi-s,a-du-qa2 _lugal-e# lamma didli-am3_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — TCL 01, 161. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P386597) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P386597..

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