CDLI Literary 000771, ex. 036

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P346676.

Transliteration

[... e]-sir2#-ra ni10-ni10 [...]
[...] dag-[...]
usar usar-da du14#? [...]
gesztux(|GISZ.TUG2|)-ni KA [...]
i-im-gen-bi-ta# [...]
murub4-bi-a [...]
eg3 nu-du11-ga-ni# [...]
eg3 bi2#-in#-du11# [...]
x [...]
[...]-gin7# u3#-mu#-[...]
[...]-gu10 du5-mu-gu10-ni-gin7 ga2#?-[e ...]
[...]-mu#?-un#-dub2#? kar!?-kid ma-an-du11# [...]
di#? gin6-na-am3 dab5#-mu-[...]
a-ba-am3 e-ne ga-sza-an-ku3#-[zu]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — CDLI Literary 000771, ex. 036. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P346676) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P346676..

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