CBS 07543

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P262544.

Transliteration

5(disz) sila3 ansze-edin#-[na]
4(barig) gu4 niga
1(ban2) udu niga
1(barig) udu-nita
3(ban2)? masz2-gal
8(disz)# sila3 szah2 niga
1(barig) megida2(|TAB.KUN|)
4(disz) sila3 dara3-masz
1(asz) 1(barig) 5(ban2) 7(disz) sila3
iti ki 7(disz) GAN#-[GAN-e3] u4 2(u) la2 2(asz)?-kam#
mu us2#-sa i3-[si-in] ba-[dab5-ba]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — CBS 07543. 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 (P262544) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P262544..

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