TJDB pl. 66, MAH 16610

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P424279.

Transliteration

_3(ban2) sze-gesz-i3_
a-na ze-ra-ni
_ki_ sin-be-el-ap-li x x
_dumu_ hu-za-lum
in-bu-sza
_dumu_ ARAD2-sin
_szu ba-an-ti_
_u4 buru14 sze-gesz-i3_
ze-ra-ni u2-ta-ar
_igi_ e-ri-ba-urasz
_dumu_ ARAD2-sin
_iti NE-NE u4 1(disz)-kam_
_mu ki-lugal_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — TJDB pl. 66, MAH 16610. 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 (P424279) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P424279..

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