TJA FM 33

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P315314.

Transliteration

_1(esze3) 2(iku) a-sza3 kiri6_
_kiri6 li-ip-ti-e2#-[a]
a-hi-we-du ARAD-x-[...]
u3 ri-isz-amar-utu#
a-na qa2-bi li-ip-ti#-[e2-a]
u3# a-hi-we-[du]
ta-ri-bu-um#
[a]-na# _mu 3(disz)-kam_
_[ib2]-ta#-e3-a
_[igi n]-gal2#_ sza i-pa-ti-[u2]
ta-ri-bu#-[um]
_dumu_ i3-li2-[...]
_ARAD_ [...]
[_tab]-ba_-we-[du]-um
[_dumu_ ]suen#-ma-ti

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — TJA FM 33. 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 (P315314) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P315314..

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