CDLI Literary 000778, ex. 025

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P230024.

Transliteration

[1(disz) () KU] = %a [szu]-bu-ru-um
[1(disz) () KU] = %a wa#-sza-bu-um
[1(disz)] () KU = %a szu-ub-[tum]
[1(disz) nu]-u2 KU = %a re-e-i-a-u2-[um]
[1(disz)] tu#-ku-ul KU = %a ka-ak-kum#
1(disz) |KU.KU| = %a nin-kilim#
1(disz) () = %a i#-ta-ad-du#-[u2]
1(disz) () = %a ri-ta-gu#-[mu]
1(disz) <u3> ku-ku () = %a s,a-al-[la-lum]
1(disz) () |KU.AN| = %a mi-[tum]
1(disz) () = %a ka#-[ak-kum]
x x x
x x x

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — CDLI Literary 000778, ex. 025. 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 (P230024) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P230024..

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