TCL 10, 054

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P386870.

Transliteration

_1(gesz2) 3(u) 2(disz) szah2 hi-a_
_kar-bi 1/3(disz) gin2-ta-am3_
_ku3-bi 1/2(disz) ma-na 2/3(disz) gin2_
_sa2-du11 lu2 kin-gi4-a_ esz3-nun-na
i-nu-u2-ma _erin2 hi-a_ ia-mu-ut-ba-lim#
i-na masz-kan2-szabra
a-na _kaskal_ esz3-nun-na
ip-hu-ru
ki it#-ti-suen#-mil-ki
_ugula dam-gar3_ s,ar-bi2-lum#
_ba-zi_
_iti sig4#-a_
_mu# du11#-ga-zi-da# en#-lil2 en#-ki# i7 ul-li-ta mu-bi# nu#-sa4#_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — TCL 10, 054. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P386870) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P386870..

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