JCS 07, 089 13

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P424172.

Transliteration

_2/3(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar e2 a-ba_
masz2-bi_ ma-ka-lum
_ku3-babbar_ suen
sza suen
_ugu_ u-bar-rum i-szu-u2
u2-sa-ad-da-ar-ma
suen i-ip-pa-al
_igi_ utu
_igi_ marduk
_igi_ szu-bu-la
_iti sig4-a u4 2(u) 1(disz)-kam_
_mu_ a-bi-e-szu-uh _lugal-e nanna giskim-ti-la-ni-sze3 szu-nir gal-gal-la2_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — JCS 07, 089 13. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland (P424172) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P424172..

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