TJDB pl. 68, MAH 16658

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P424294.

Transliteration

_3(u) 1(asz) 2(barig) 5(ban2) zu2-lum_
_banesz_ nam-ha-ar-ti
_mu-kux(DU)_ sin-ga-mil
nam-ha-ar-ti
i-bi-nin-szubur
_iti sze-sag11-ku5 u4 2(u)-kam_
_mu_ sa-am-su-i-lu-na _usu ir9-ra_
i-bi-nin-[szubur]
dumu a-ha-am-[nir-szi]
ARAD nin-[szubur]
[u3 SZA]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — TJDB pl. 68, MAH 16658. 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 (P424294) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P424294..

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