MSL 09, 051 S19, 66 B10

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P228639.

Transliteration

kiszib-[la2-gu10] = %a [ri-it-ti]
SZU-BU#-[gu10] = %a [hu-ma-ti]
tibir-[gu10] = %a [up-na-a-a]
szu#-[x]-gu10 = %a [su2-ul-hi]
szu-gu10 = %a [qa2-a-ti]
szu-si-gu10# = %a [u2-ba-ni]
umbin gal-[gu10] = %a [u2-ba-ni ra-bi-tum]
umbin murub4#-[gu10] = %a [u2-ba-ni qa2-ab-li-tum]
dal-ba-[na umbin-gu10] = %a [bi-ri-it u2-ba-ni-ti-ia]
umbin [tur-gu10] = %a [u2-ba-ni s,e-he-er-tum]
gesz#-[hur szu-gu10] = %a [u2-s,u2-ra-at qa2-ti-ia]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — MSL 09, 051 S19, 66 B10. 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 (P228639) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P228639..

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