TCL 07, 006

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P385999.

Transliteration

a-na utu-ha-zi-[ir]
qi2-bi2-ma
um-ma ha-am-mu-ra-pi2-ma
_a-sza3_-um!(AM) sza a-na _lu2-mesz_ eb!(BA)-bu-tim
u3 _szu-ku6 lu2 a-ab-ba-mesz_
in-na-ad-nu
ki-ma na-ad-nu-ma na-di-in
i-na _a-sza3_ szu-a-ti
_1(disz) sar a-sza3_-um
la il-la-ap-pa-at

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — TCL 07, 006. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P385999) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P385999..

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