CDLI Literary 000573, ex. 005

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P356552.

Transliteration

za-e dim2#-[ma-zu dumu an-na-me-en]
du11-ga-zu# [inim dingir-ra-gin7] ur5 nu-gi4-[gi4-dam]
inim-zu im an-ta szeg3-[ge26-gin7] szid nu-du12-du12-[dam]
ur-sa6-ga ARAD2-zu na-[ab-be2-a]
lugal-mu bar-ga2 en3-li bi2#-[in-tar] dumu uri2-ma-[me-en]
tukum#-bi# lugal#-ga2# [an-na-du10]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — CDLI Literary 000573, ex. 005. 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 (P356552) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P356552..

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