PBS 07, 088

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P257857.

Transliteration

[...] 1(ban2) _zi3-da#_ [x x] ta-ri-bu
[...] 2(ban2) ib-ni-_iszkur_ [x x]
2(ban2) _iszkur_-lu-_numun_
2(ban2) 5(disz) _sila3 ki-1(disz)_
1(ban2) 5(disz) _sila3 ki-2(disz)_
1(ban2) 5(disz) _sila3 ki-3(disz)_
_suen_-isz-me-a-ni _ra2-gaba_
1(asz) 4(ban2) 5(disz) _sila3 zi3-da_
ku#-nu-uk be-li2-ia
sza#-al-mu-tum
sza be-li2
u2-sza-bi-lam

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — PBS 07, 088. 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 (P257857) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P257857..

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