TJA FM 03

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P315285.

Transliteration

[...] 1/3(disz)? _gin2_
[...] x
[x] e#-ri#-isz#-tum
e-li e-tel-pi4-szu
ir-szi
_u4 x-sze3_
i-pa-al-szi
_igi_ li-sze-er-zimbir
_igi_ i-din-utu
[_iti] szu#-numun u4 2(u) 1(disz)-kam#
[_mu_ sa]-am#-su#-i#-lu#-[na _lugal-e_ ...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — TJA FM 03. 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 (P315285) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P315285..

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