TJDB pl. 25, MAH 16169

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P370511.

Transliteration

a-na wa-ar-ki du-la-ti
s,a-ba-at-ma a-na kar IZ BA ra szum
a-na i-mi-ti-ka
_e2_ ARAD-amar-utu sa-bi-im
bi-ti-ni asz-sza-su
a-ha-at BI-IK-KUM
a-nu-um-ma 1(disz) _sag-geme2_
sza suen-re-me-ni
sza _ku3-babbar_-sza u2-sza-bi-lam

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — TJDB pl. 25, MAH 16169. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland (P370511) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P370511..

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