OBTI 066

~1950 BCE·Old Babylonian·P369496

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P369496.

Why it matters

Transliteration

_1(disz) ma-na igi 4(disz)-gal2 gin2 9(disz) sze ku3-babbar#_
hu-bu-ta-tum
_ki_ lu2-nin-a-zu
se-er-se-ri-tum
u3 suen-na-ap-sze-ra-am
e-zu-ub pi-i# tu2#-pi2 [pa-ni-im]
_szu ba-an-ti-mesz_
a-na masz-kan2-nim
_ku3-babbar i3-la2-e-mesz_
an-pi4-sza
_dumu_ im-gu-ia
nu-ur2-sag-ku5
_dumu_ dingir-szu-ba-ni
_mu bad3_ ma-ru-ti-szu da-an-nu-um-ta-ha-az i-pu-szu-u2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — OBTI 066. 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 (P369496) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P369496..

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