JCS 11, 038 33

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P254556.

Transliteration

_2(esze3) 1(iku)_ 1/2(iku) GAN2_ 3(u) 2(disz) 1/2(disz) sar_
_usz & sag & a-sza3_
_1(gesz2) 4(disz) 3(u) & 9(disz) & 5(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 3(u)#? sar_
_1(u) 6(disz) 1/2(disz) & 1(gesz2) 2(u) 2(disz) 3(u) & 2(u) 3(disz) sar_
_5(u) 2(disz) 3(u) & 5(disz) & 2(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 1(u) 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sar_ szi-ka-tum
_5(u) 3(disz) & 5(disz) & 2(iku) 1/2(iku) gan2 1(u) 5(disz) sar#_ ma-ia-ru

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — JCS 11, 038 33. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Semitics/ICOR Collections, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, USA (P254556) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P254556..

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