Robertson diss. p. 357, CBS 07426

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P262427.

Transliteration

2(asz) 3(barig) gur sa10#-[am3 ...]
4(barig) sa10-am3 kiri6#?
1(barig) sa10-am3 im szu-rin-na
kasz-de2-a dingir-re-e-ne
1(barig) sa10-am3 gi
gi-sig kiri6
giri3 i-bi-nin-szubur
4(ban2) lu2 hun-ga2
e2 PA x na-kam-tum
in-ag2-esz-a
iti ki 1(u) 9(disz) kin#-[inanna]
u4 2(u) [n(disz)-kam]
mu ki 5(disz)? [i3-si-in] ba-[dab-ba]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — Robertson diss. p. 357, CBS 07426. 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 (P262427) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P262427..

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