SANER 02, 21

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P405227.

Transliteration

1(barig) 4(ban2) zi3-[da] _a-na s,u2#-[de-e]_
dumu-mesz lu2 kin#-[gi4-a]
lu2 i3-si-[in]
zi-ga
[sza3] e2# _a#-si#-ri#_
nig2-szu# suen#-sze#-mi#
iti# gan#-gan#-e3# u4# [n-kam]
mu ri#-[im-a-nu-um ...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — SANER 02, 21. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P405227) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P405227..

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