TJA FM 31

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P315312.

Transliteration

_1(asz) 3(barig) 1(ban2) gur zu2-lum_
szu#-ku-un-ne _kiri6_
ta-ri-bu-um
sza a-na i3-li2-i-din-nam
isz-sza-ak-nu
_iti apin-du8-a_
_zu2-lum _i3-ag2-e_
_igi_ dingir-ha-bil2
_igi_ a-wi-li-ia
_igi_  epig-er-s,e-tim
_iti NE-NE-gar u4 2(u) 6(disz)-kam_
_mu_ sa-am-su-i-lu-na _lugal-e u6-nir ki-tusz mah za-ba4-ba4 inanna-bi-da-ke4_
utu
a-a

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — TJA FM 31. 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 (P315312) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P315312..

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