PBS 07, 093

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P258038.

Transliteration

a-na a-wi-lim sza _marduk#_ u2-ba-al-la-t,u2#-[szu]
qi2-bi2-ma
um-ma ib-ni-_utu#_-ma
_utu_ u3 _amar#-utu#_ da#-ri-isz u4-mi li#-ba#-li#-t,u2#-ka
lu sza-al-ma-ta lu ba-al-t,a-ta#
_dingir_ na-s,i-ir-ka re-esz-ka a-na da#-[mi-iq-tim]
li-ki-il
a-na szu-ul-mi-ka asz-pu#-[ra-am]
szu-lum-ka ma#-[har] _utu#_ u3 _[marduk_]
_lu2#_ [x-x-x] ki-ma [x-...]
sza# _2(disz) gu4-gisz_ sza i-na _e2_ [...]
a-na _marduk_-mu-ba-li2-it, _usz-ku#-[mah_]
li-id-di-in-ma#
la i-da-ab-bu-ub#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — PBS 07, 093. 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 (P258038) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P258038..

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