Robertson diss. p. 250, CBS 7547

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P262548.

Transliteration

3(disz) udu mu-kux(DU)
ugula dam-gar3
1(disz) udu mu-kux(DU) kisal DISZ
5(disz) udu 1(disz) u8 [n] masz2-gal
ki-lukur-ra
1(disz) udu nin-urta
1(disz) udu inim-ma-ni-zi
sza3-ge guru7
u4 1(u) 1(disz)-kam

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — Robertson diss. p. 250, CBS 7547. 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 (P262548) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P262548..

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