PBS 08/1, 057

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P259755.

Transliteration

3(disz) u8
1(disz) udu-nita 4(disz) udu hi-a
na-gada suen-e-ri-im-szu
e2-tur3 nam-en-na
sa2-du11-sze3 ba-gid2
iti ki 8(disz) kin-inanna u4 2(u) 6(disz)-kam
mu ki 3(disz) us2-sa i3-si-in ba-dab5-ba

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — PBS 08/1, 057. 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 (P259755) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P259755..

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