AUCT 4, 089

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249578.

Why it matters

Transliteration

i-na# _iri_ ia-el-me-x
is,-ba-tu#-szu-ma
um-ma szu-nu-ma
_sag-nita2_ sza amar-utu-na-s,ir um-ma
ha-ab-ta-ku i-si-ma
ma-ri larsa e-na-ku
i3-li2-tu-ra-am _ugula muhaldim-mesz_
u2-pa-t,e4-er-szu-ma
asz-szum la i-du-szu
a-na asz-szu-i3-a
a-na u-bar-rum _dumu a-zu-gal_
id-di-isz-szu
szi-ip-suen
_dumu_ ip-qu2-sza _a-zu-gal_
_ARAD_ mar-tu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — AUCT 4, 089. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Siegfried H. Horn Museum, Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA (P249578) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249578..

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