TJDB pl. 65, MAH 16576

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P424272.

Transliteration

ka-ni-ik
_1(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_
sza id-da-tum
_ugu_ u-bar-rum
i-szu-u2
i-il-li-a-am-ma
he-pi2
_iti sze-sag11-ku5 u4 1(disz)-kam_
_mu gibil_
en-lil2-[...]
dub-[sar]
[]nin-sza3-[...]
[...]-e-szu-[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — TJDB pl. 65, MAH 16576. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland (P424272) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P424272..

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