VS 18, 012

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P373075.

Transliteration

_1(disz) 2/3(disz) gin2 ku3-bi gu2-un_
sza a-pil-iszkur ip-qi2-da?-ak?-ka?
_2(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2_ si-it-ti _ku3-bi kaskal_
_4(disz) gin2 igi-6(disz)-gal2 ku3-babbar_
_6(disz) sila3 i3_-lam
sza [sze20]-ep#-suen
_ugu_ a#-pil-utu
ir-szu-u2
e x# x# DU? _sze-sag11-ku5_
_iti gu4-si-sa2 u4 2(disz)-kam_
_mu bad3 gal ma2-ri2 u3 ma2-al-gi4-a mu-un-gul-la_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — VS 18, 012. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany (P373075) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P373075..

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