Position in chronology
PBS 07, 096
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P259057.
Transliteration
a-na a-wi-lim qi2-bi2-ma um-ma _suen_-i-din-nam-ma _utu_ u3 _marduk_ da-ri-isz u4-mi li-ba-al-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_ lu da-ri [x x x] _sze-gur_ a-na al-ku-u2 [x x x x x] [x x]-DI?-[x] [... x]-ti-de-[x] [...]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — PBS 07, 096. 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 (P259057) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P259057..
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