CUSAS 43, 22

~1800 BCE·Old Babylonian·P251928

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P251928.

Transliteration

a-na suen-a-bu-szu
qi2-bi2-ma
um-ma a-hu-u2-a-ga-mil-ma
utu asz-szum-i-a
_mu szar2-kam_ li-ba-al-li-it,-ka
i-nu-u2-ma
a-na-ku u3 at-ta
i-na masz-kan2-szabra
[ni-in-na-am]-ru#-u2#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — CUSAS 43, 22. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Schøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway (P251928) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P251928..

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