TJDB pl. 70, MAH 16660

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P424295.

Transliteration

1(disz) KU-um _ku3-babbar_
_ki-la2-bi 1/3(disz) ma-na_
_ugu_ bala-a _dumu_ i-din-e2-a
utu i-szu
i-na ba#-al#-t,i#-[szu]
utu be-el-szu
i-pa-al
_iti sig4-a u4 2(u)-kam_
_mu_ sa-am-su-i-lu-na _lugal_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — TJDB pl. 70, MAH 16660. 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 (P424295) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P424295..

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