PBS 07, 030

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P258172.

Transliteration

[...]
[...] x-az-zi-[x-x]
[x x]-la# isz-te-en szu-nu
[x x x x]-iz#-zi-za-am#
[... x]-ti-a-mu-[x]
[...] x-DI?-[x-x]
[...]
[x]-li-az-[x-x-x]
a-la-am a-al-[x-x-x-x]
a-lu-u2-um ih-ta-al# [x]
szum-ma a-na be-li2-ia# [x-x-x]
la-ma# re-s,u2-szu i-li#-ku#-ni
[x x]-t,e4#-mi-im u2-ma-na-ti
[x x x x x x]
[...] x

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — PBS 07, 030. 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 (P258172) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P258172..

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