CDLI Literary 000565, ex. 002

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P262168.

Transliteration

[a-na-asz-am3 ge26-e] u3 nu-zu-mu-ta [za-e szu gar] lugal#-zu li-bi2-in-gi4
[a2-sze 2(disz) li]-mu-um erin2 lu2 szukur
[2(disz) li-mu]-um# erin2 lu2 pan
[2(disz) li-mu-um] erin2 lu2 dur10-dur10?-tab-ba [im-mu]-e-szi-[sar]
[lu2-kur2 iri-gibil]-a# al-dur2-ru-ne#-[esz]
[ki-tusz-bi]-ta# sar-bi2-ib
[kin-sze3 szu i3-gar]-re-ne nam-bi2-ib-sze-ga
[iri dili-dili za3-ba] za3-zu-a [en-nu]-ug3#-bi ak-ak?-bi-ib?
[iri-bi szu-zu-ta] la-ba-ra-e3-e11?
[nam-lu2-ulu3-zu gar-bi2-ib] a#-ma#-ru#-kam

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — CDLI Literary 000565, ex. 002. 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 (P262168) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P262168..

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