YRL SC 1826-Bx1-1

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P387594.

Why it matters

Transliteration

nam-ga lu2-?-e ma x x
? ku3 x na sza3 du3 mu#?-x-du-?-ba
[...] x x x
[...] x ku3-babbar na x [...] ?
[...] x an x ne du3 sila3 ?
x ab [...] x x x nu babbar2 x
x x [...]
[...] x x x mu-na#-x
[...] ur x ib2#-szi-?-a
[...] x-mu ib2-ze-ri-a
[...] x ra i3-du3 ib2-tu-tu
[...] x udu#? lu2-tar szu ba-an-zi-zi-a

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — YRL SC 1826-Bx1-1. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Special Collections, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA (P387594) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P387594..

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