CUSAS 15, 036

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P270668.

Transliteration

_5(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ a-pil-suen
_5(disz) gin2_ a-bu-um-wa-qar
_3(disz) gin2_ ip-qu2-u2-a-tum
_2(disz) gin2_ suen-a-sza-re-ed
_1(disz) gin2_ su-ha-ar
_1(disz) <gin2>_ utu-mu-sze-zi-ib
_2(disz) gin2_ suen-tas-a-a-ar
_szu-nigin2 1(u) 8(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_
_iti sze-sag11-ku5 u4 1(u) 6(disz)-kam ba-zal_
a-di _iti gu4-si-sa2 u4 1(u) 4(disz)-kam_
u2-ta-ka-al

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — CUSAS 15, 036. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Rare Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library, Ithaca, New York, USA (P270668) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P270668..

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