BE 06/1, 041

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P258481.

Transliteration

_3(disz) dumu-me_ ri-isz-a-bi
_3(disz) dumu-me_ ma-an-nu-um-ba-lum-utu
u3 ip-qa2-tum _dumu_ pa-ha-lu-um
_3(disz)_ utu-na-s,i-ir _dumu_ i3-li2-i-te-e
u3 i-ni-ib-utu
_1(disz) lu2-hun-ga2_ sza marduk-mu-sza-lim
_1(disz) lu2-hun-ga2_ i-din-la-ga-ma-al
sza a-di-du-um
_nam-u-disz_ suen-na-di-in#-[szu-mi]
u3 utu-na-s,ir#
_iti NE-NE-gar_ u4 2(u) 3(disz)-kam#_
_mu bad3_ kar-utu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — BE 06/1, 041. 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 (P258481) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P258481..

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