MSL 12, 032 S''

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P229541.

Transliteration

[ga2]-rig7(|PA.HUB2.DU|)#
[ga2]-gabar#-ra = %a si2#-[i-rum]
szurim = %a ka-bu#-[u2]
[szurim]-gu4 = %a ka-bu#-[ut al-pi]
[a-gar]-gar = %a pi2-qa#-[an-nu]
agrig(|IGI.DUB|)# = %a a-ba-[ra-ku]
[agrig]-esz3-a = %a a-ba-[...]
[...]
[SAL] agrig(|IGI.DUB|)#
geszkim(|IGI.DUB|)#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — MSL 12, 032 S''. 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 (P229541) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P229541..

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