CDLI Literary 000582, ex. 002

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P269118.

Transliteration

nin#-tin#-ug5-ga agrig zid# [e2-kur-ra]
a-zu kalam-ma-ra u3-na#-[du11]
nin tu6 du11-ga-ni ug3 szar2 ti#-[le]
mu7-mu7-ga2-ni ug3 sa6#-[ga]
u3-na-de3-tah#
ti-la ug5-ga en3 tar-bi za-e#-me-en
lu2-ku5-lu2-ku5-ra2 du7-du7 gal-bi-me-en
ki-nu2 szub-ba-mu-da 2(disz)#-[kam-ma-bi]
u2-u8-a-u8 al-gen#-[na-mu] a-ra2-bi [nu-zu]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — CDLI Literary 000582, 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 (P269118) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P269118..

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