OIP 011, p. 014, CBS 04856 (unpub. dup.)

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P227998.

Transliteration

gesz [...]
gesz [...]
gesz [...]
gesz [...]
gesz [...]
[...] u3-suh5#
[...] u3-suh5
[...] bir#-GAM-e-la
[...] szim-gig
[...] szennur
[...] lam-gal
[...] lam-tur
[...] al-la#-nu#-um#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — OIP 011, p. 014, CBS 04856 (unpub. dup.). 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 (P227998) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P227998..

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