CDLI Literary 000512, ex. 002

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P278147.

Transliteration

[...] x x [...] [szu-luh ku3]-ga# tum2-ma
[ri-im-suen iszib an]-na siskur2# sikil-la# tum2-ma
[sza3 ku3-ta bi2]-pa3#-da nam#-en kalam-ma-sze3? mi-ni-il2#?-la
[nam-sipa sag-ge6-ga] mi-ni-in-gar-ra
[enkara(|ENxKAR2|) kalam ge-en-ge-en] szu#?-ni bi2-si-a
[szibir(|U.ENxKAR2|) un zi-gal2 lah5]-lah5#?-e za3-ga-na bi2-la2-a
[sza-ra-da-gub szu sikil-la ak-a]-ni# nig2-nam ma-ra-du10-du10
[ga asznan-ma ir du10-ga] ma#-[dam] kalam#-ma#-ka#
[e2-gal zi su3-u4-gal2 he2-en]-x-[ab-si]
[ri-im-suen] lugal#-mu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — CDLI Literary 000512, ex. 002. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P278147) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P278147..

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