TJA FM 30

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P315311.

Transliteration

a-na li-pi2-it-e2-a
qi2-bi2-ma
um-ma iszkur-ra-bi-ma
utu li-ba-al-li-it,-ka#_
_a-sza3 sze gesz-i3_ sza dumu-[...]
sza i-li-ik-szu# x x x [...]
na-ah-szi-ia# x [...]
u3 _a-sza3_ sze-e sza [...]
i-ri-isz#? [...]
[...] i#?-ri-szu [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — TJA FM 30. 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 (P315311) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P315311..

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