TJA FM 02

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P315284.

Transliteration

_2(asz) sze gur_
_szu# ti-a_
zi-na-tum
_ki_ li-pi2-it-e2-a
_igi_ a-wi-il-iszkur _dumu_ dumu-ki
_igi na-bi-um-mu-sza-lim
_iti apin-du8-a u4 2(u) 3(disz)-kam_
_mu_ sa-am-su-i-lu-na _lugal-e gu-za bar2#-ra gu-la_
[a-wi-il-iszkur]
_dumu_ dumu-er-s,e#-[tim]
_ARAD_ nin-si4-[an-na]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — TJA FM 02. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK (P315284) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P315284..

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