CDLI Literary 000396, ex. 014

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P346275.

Transliteration

[...]-gi ki-uri#-ke4 nam#-[...]
[...]-gin7#?-nam im nu-mu#-[...]
[...] ki#? nam-ku3-zu-gin7 ir im#-[...]
[...]-ga2 szid uttukugu-de3 x [...]
[...] sag12#-ga#? nisaba-x
[...]-TUG2-x-x szu dagal ma-ra-an-du11#
[...] gal2# tak4#-a# nig2 nu-dab-be2-me-en
[...]-gin7# zi-ga-gu10!-ne
[...]-x kasz5 kal-ga# x-ga2
[...] hul2#-la ma#-an-du11
[...]-lil2-le# gu3# zi# ma#?-[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — CDLI Literary 000396, ex. 014. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P346275) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P346275..

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