TJA FM 12

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P315294.

Transliteration

[n ...] _udu#-hi-a_
n sila4# du hi-a_
sza qa2-ti dumu-a-ra#-ah-tum
nam-ha-ar-ti
bu-ni-ia-tum#
_ki_ dumu-a-ra-ah-tum
_igi_ suen-e-ri-ba-am
_dumu_ nu-ur2-utu _masz2-szu-gid2-gid2_
_igi_ SIG-<a>-ra-ah-tum
_igi_ du-mu-uq-utu _nimgir_
_iti bara2-za3-gar u4 1(u) 3(disz)-kam_
_mu#_ sa#-am-su-i-lu-na _lugal-e [bad3 an]-da# sa2-a [zimbir]_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — TJA FM 12. 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 (P315294) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P315294..

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