RIME 4.03.06.12Akkadian, ex. add12

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P432673.

Transliteration

[ha]-am#-mu#-ra#-pi2#
_lugal#_ [da]-num2#
lu# u2#-um#-mi#-su2#
ha#-am#-mu-ra#-pi2#
[ba-ni] ma#-tim#
_lugal#_ sza# ep#-sza#-tu#-[szu]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — RIME 4.03.06.12Akkadian, ex. add12. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Montserrat Museum, Barcelona, Spain (P432673) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P432673..

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