Faunal Conception 287

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P278534.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[... nig2?]-bun2#?-na he2#?-[...]
[...] i7-da x [...]
[...] a nu-nag he2-[me-en]
[...]-da-ke4 sub-sub-ba he2-me-en#
[...]-na-ke4 ka gal2 tak4 he2-me-en#
[...] u4 gid2-da im-ma-kar he2#-[me-en]
[...] amar# sze21-gin7 a2-za si-ga [...]
[...] lu2 udul10-a sipa tur udu lu-lu-[...]
[...] zi-zu szu he2-em-ta#-kar# [...]
[...] UR5-ra-ka-sze3-gin7 he2-em#-[...]
4(u) 5(disz)
1(disz)? 5(u) x

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — Faunal Conception 287. 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 (P278534) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P278534..

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