CDLI Literary 000382, ex. 004

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P346148.

Transliteration

[...] x [...]
[...] lu2-erim2 nu-[...] kur2 im-ma-an#?-[...]
[...]-bi#-ne HAR im-ze#-[...] bar#-ta ba-sug2-ge#?-[...]
[...] bar# im-ma-an-dab5-be2-esz edin# lil2#?-[...]
[...] silim# du3-a gu7-a nag-bi-sze3 x [...] im-mi-in-szub-[...]
[...] x-ma dum-dam mu-ni-in-[...] giri16-lu im-mi-in-e3#-[...]
[...] lu2#? banda3 sza3 kusz2-u3-bi [...] igi-sze3 ka ba x [...]
[...] x mu-un-bar-re#-[...] bi2#-ib2-HI-HI-[...]
[...] x-bi ba-BU x [...]
[...]-mi#?-ib2-du11-ge# [...]
[...] du3#?-a me-a [...]
[...] x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — CDLI Literary 000382, ex. 004. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P346148) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P346148..

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