MSL 15, 009 U

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P228213.

Transliteration

# agrig ~ [|IGI.DUB|] = %a a-ba-ra-ak-kum
# agrig " [ag]-ri#-ig = %a ag2-ri-iq-qu3-um
# imhur4 ~ |IGI.A| = %a hu-ur-hu-ma-at me-e
# imhur2 ~ |IGI.BI| = %a hu-ur-hu-ma-at KASZ
# halib ~ |IGI.KUR| = %a ir-ka-la
# ganzer ~ |IGI.KUR.ZA| = %a da-ni-na#
# ganzer3 " ga-an-ze2-er = %a ka-ni-sur-ru#
# ganzer3 = %a ba-ab er#-[s,e-tim]
# gurum2 " gu-ru-um ~ |IGI.X| = %a pi-qi3?-[it-tum]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — MSL 15, 009 U. 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 (P228213) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P228213..

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