N 4101

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P278983.

Transliteration

sag dumu ga-gu7-a ba-usz2 nu-mu-un-e3-a nig2-gig-ga nu-ak
nam-lu2-ulu3-bi ku6-gin7 a lu-ga szub-ba-bi u4-sze3 mu-ni-in-tak4#?
ur-sag-e-ne tukul igi-zu-sze3 im#-[mi]-in-gub-bu-usz szu#-zu-sze3# sa2 im-mi-ib#-du11#
nam#-usz2-a mu-da-kar-re-ne# ka-tar-zu mu-si-il-le-esz
[unu]-ga#-a geszkim-bi hul2#-la mi-ni-in-ku4 [i-]utu#-bi mi-ni-in-e3
[nu-siki nu-mu-un]-kusz u2-a lu-lu mu-un-gar [u2-sal] mu#-un-dur2-ru-un
[mu-5(disz)-kam-ma-ta iri-ga2 nu-me-a sag-gin7 im-ma-an-ti] lu2# gesztu2#? [nu-tuku]
[sag-sag3-zu musz3-me-ga2 ba]-ni#-kur2 su-mu-ug#-ga# [GAM-GAM-e] im-lah5
[nig2-me-gar szu-mu da]-lam#? im#-ma-ab-ra KA ab-bi-mu nu-um-zu#
[nam-ab-ba u4-ba] til-la-gin7 banda3 tak4-a-mu [ama5]-mu ba-bir-bir-re
[muszen] gesz#-bur2-ra dab5-ba!-gin7 amar-mu gu4?-ta ba-ni-tak4-asz

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — N 4101. 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 (P278983) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P278983..

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