CUSAS 17, 052

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P252350.

Transliteration

nin-gir2-su-ra
ur-sag lu2-erim2 szub-szub-be2 hur-sag bala# giri3-ni-sze3 gu2 gar-ra
en ki-ur3 szu-ni-sze3 si-ga kasz-bar utah#-he tesz2-bi di
isztaran u3-ma#-ni sa2-sa2
lugal lagasz-ra lugal-a-ni-ir
nam#-ti ri-im-suen lugal larsa-ma-[sze3]
nin-gir2-su2-u2-ba-li2-it, dumu li-pi2-it-inanna dub-sar gal#? larsa-[ma-ke4]
im 8(disz)-ba zabar e3-ni an-ub-da-limmu2-ba nig2 ki-a sur lu2-erim2 hul3 gig!
nin#-gir2-su lugal-a-ni-ir nig2# ki#-a sur tuku-a
sag#-ki#-ni szur2 su-lim ri-a
nig2 zi#-sza3-gal2 nam-ti-la pirig sza3 asz-sza mu4-mu4 szu-ni-ta szu du8-a
sag tuku inim-gar sa6-ga-ni
zi-ne2 uri3# ak-<de3>
ARAD2 ni2-tuku-ni a mu-na-ru

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — CUSAS 17, 052. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Schøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway (P252350) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P252350..

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