MSL 14, 087 H

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P230028.

Transliteration

[1(disz) ri]-i# RI = %a ra-mu#-u2
[1(disz) ... RI] = %a ne2#?-su2#-u
[1(disz) ... RI] = %a [re-e]-qum
[1(disz) ... RI] = %a [na]-gu#-u#
[1(disz) ... RI] = %a [...]-um#
[1(disz) ... RI] = %a [re]-hu#?-tum
[1(disz) ... RI] = %a szu#?-x-x
[1(disz) ... RI] = %a ra-hu-s,um#?
[1(disz) ... RI] = %a ul-lu-u2#
[1(disz) ... RI] = %a wa-sza-[ru-um]
[1(disz) de]-e# RI = %a la-qa2-[tum]
[1(disz) ... RI] = %a wa-sza-[ru-um]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — MSL 14, 087 H. 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 (P230028) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P230028..

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