CDLI Literary 000751, ex. 065

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P346200.

Transliteration

e2 an-sze3 1(szar'u) GAN2 ki-sze3 5(szar2) GAN2
e2 an-sze3 1(bur'u) GAN2 ki-sze3 5(bur3) GAN2
e2 an-sze3 a-lim ki-sze3 lu-lim
e2 an-sze3 szeg9-bar ki-sze3 durah-masz
e2 an-sze3 szeg9-bar-gin7# gun3-a ki-sze3 durah-gin7 gun3-a
e2 an#-sze3 musz#-gux(|SAGxNIG2|) sig7#-ga ki-sze3 u5 a szu2-a
e2 an#-[sze3] u4#-gin7 DU-a ki-sze3 nanna# bara2#-ga
e2 an-sze3# lam lam ki-sze3 erin duru5-am3
e2 an-sze3 kur-ra-am3 ki-sze3 idim-ma-am3
e2 an-ki-a 3(disz)-kam-ma-bi-nam
kesz3-gin7 rib-ba lu2 szi-in-ga-an-tum2-mu
ur#-sag-bi asz7-gi4-gin7 rib-ba ama szi-in-ga-an-u3-tu
nin#-bi nin-tur5-gin7 rib-ba-ra a-ba-a igi mu-ni-duh
e2# 3(disz)-kam-ma

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — CDLI Literary 000751, ex. 065. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P346200) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P346200..

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