CDLI Literary 000584, ex. 003

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P269643.

Transliteration

lugal-ibila u3-na-[du11]
inim-inanna-ke4 na-ab-be2-[a]
eme-gir15-sze3 gu2-zu na-ab-szub-be2-en#
2(min)-kam-ma-sze3 eme si sa2-bi-sze3 lu2 mu-e-szi-[in-gi4-gi4]
lu2-tur igi-zu-sze3 al-durun-u3-na
e2-dub-ba-a-ta na-ab-ta-e3-e
na-an-ga-ma lu2 na-me lul i-ri-ib-si3-ke
ugu ad-da-na-sze3 ga-am3-gen DU a-ra-[ab-be2]
en-na geszkim ge26-e u3 za-e KA i3-bal#-[en-da-na]
[lu2] mu-e-szi-gi4-gi4#-x
[x x x]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — CDLI Literary 000584, ex. 003. 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 (P269643) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P269643..

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