TJA FM 05

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P315287.

Why it matters

Transliteration

_4(asz) sze gur_
_a2-bi 8(disz) erin2 lu2# [sze]-sag10#-[ku5]_
_ki_ i-na-pa-li-szu#
li-pi2-it-e2#-a#
_szu ba-an-ti_
i-na _kar_ x x [x]
sze-a-am _i3-ag2-e#_
_igi_ gi-mil-lum
_igi_ i3-li2-suen _dub-[sar]_
_iti bara2-za3-gar u4 1(u) 2(disz)-kam_
_mu_ alan# [szud3]-de3_
[gi]-mil-[lum]
[_dumu_] EN-[x]
_ARAD#_ na-bi#-[um]
u3# lugal-gu2#-[du3-a]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — TJA FM 05. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK (P315287) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P315287..

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