CDLI Literary 000582, ex. 007

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P262167.

Transliteration

[nin-tin-ug5]-ga agrig zi e2-kur-ra
[a-zu kalam]-ma-ra u3-na-du11
[nin tu6 du11]-ga-ni ug3 szar2 ti-[le]
[mu7-mu7]-x-a-ni ug3 sa6-[ga]
[nin sza3-ne-sza4] lu2 ti-ti szud3-de3# [ki-ag2-ra]
[...] x x x [...]
[u3-ba-sa6-ge nin-mu] lu2# ku5#-da# du7#-[du7]
[mu-sze3 ga]-an-sa4
[en-lil2-mas]-su u3-na-du11

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — CDLI Literary 000582, ex. 007. 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 (P262167) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P262167..

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