CDLI Literary 000782, ex. 032

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P278719.

Transliteration

[...] na na-mu-un-de5-de5#
[...] szuruppak dumu ubur-tu-tu-[x]
zi-u4-su3-ra2 dumu-ni-ra na [na] mu-un-de5-de5#
[x] dumu-mu na ge-de5 na-de5#-[...]
zi#-u4-su3-ra2 inim ga#-[...] gizzal# [...]
[na]-de5-[...] szu nam-bi2-ib2-bar-re

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — CDLI Literary 000782, ex. 032. 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 (P278719) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P278719..

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