TJA FM 26

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P315308.

Transliteration

_3(barig) 2(ban2) zu2-lum_
_nig2-gar kiri6_
il3-szu#-na-s,ir#
_ugu_ a-ha-[... i-szu-u2]
il3-szu-na#-[...]
dingir [...]
_iti x-x-[x? zu2-lum]
_i3-ag2#-[e_]
_igi_ li-ip#-ti#-[...]
_igi_ a-hi-we-du#
_igi_ i3-li2-a-wi-lim
_iti kin-inanna_
_mu_ sa-am-su-i-lu-na _lugal#_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — TJA FM 26. 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 (P315308) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P315308..

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