AJSL 32, 275, 289 13

~1950 BCE·Old Babylonian·P333358

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P333358.

Why it matters

Transliteration

sza _suen_-mu-[sza-lim]
te-ki#-mu u3 [sza]
a-na sza-ni-[im]
ta-ad-di-nu
_suen_-mu-sza#-[lim]
szar-ra-am im-hu-ur-ma
szar-ru-um li-ib-ba-ti-im
im-ta-la hu-mu-ut, la-a-ma
re-di szar-ri-im ik-szu-du-<<AD>>-ka
_a-sza3_-li-im a-na be2-li-szu
MU<te>-er ap-pu-tum

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — AJSL 32, 275, 289 13. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA (P333358) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P333358..

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