LFBD 18

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P370830.

Transliteration

a-na gi-mil#-[li-ia]
qi2-bi2-[ma]
um-ma pe-[ru]-ru#-tum#-[ma]
be-li2 marduk u3 be-el-ti
asz-szu-mi-ia da-ri-isz _u4_-mi
li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka
ma-ar si-bu-ta
ki-ma a-ra-ad-ka
u2-la-mi ti-de-[e]
isz-tu du-ri-[im-ma?]
ma-ka-[x x]-szu [x x]
u2-ul#-la#-nu-um-[ma?]
i-nu-u2-ma# ma#-am-ma-an
la i-sa-ab-bu-kum
szu li-is-bi

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — LFBD 18. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK (P370830) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P370830..

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