CDLJ 2007/1 §3.43

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P368394.

Transliteration

eren2 sag-nig2-gur11 & x x x da#? x x & igi eren2-ak & la2-ia3 & mu-bi-im
1(u) 5(disz) & 7(disz)# & 7(disz) & 8(disz) & i-gi-gi
1(u)# & 6(disz)# & 6(disz)# & 4(disz) & sag-utu
3(disz) & 2(disz) & 2(disz) & [1(disz)] & ni#-di#!-tum#
3(disz) & 2(disz) & 2(disz) & [1(disz)] & [dumu-mesz] i3#-li2-szum2#-ma#
2(disz)# & 2(disz) & [2(disz)] & [()] & [dumu-mesz] a-hu#-ni
3(disz)# & [...] & [...] & [...] & [dumu-mesz] suen-sza-mu-uh
3(disz)#? & [...] & [...] & [...] & [dumu-mesz] im#-gur#-rum
[...] & [...] & [...] & [...] & [dumu-mesz zi-da]-re#-e
[...] & [...] & [...] & [...] & [za-a]-lum
[...] & [...] & [...] & [...] & [s,e-li2-]inanna
[...] & [...] & [...] & [...] & [...]
[eren2 sze-er]-ha#-nu#-um#
() iti 2(u) 8(disz) u4 4(disz) ba#-ra#?-zal#
() mu <ki> 3(disz) tukul-mah an en#-lil2# en#-ki#-ga-ta i3-si-in# in#-dab5-ba

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — CDLJ 2007/1 §3.43. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Kalamazoo Valley Museum, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA (P368394) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P368394..

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