OBTI 074

~1950 BCE·Old Babylonian·P369504

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P369504.

Why it matters

Transliteration

_2(asz) gur_ x-x-x-ta-tum
_ki_ ha-du-an-ni#-a-am
a-ia-hu#-um#
_szu ba-an-[ti]_
a-na _iti#_ sza#-ad#-du#-tim
_sze_-a-am _i3-ag2-e_
[...] x suen#-x-bi
_igi_ is,-bit-inanna?
_iti_ ki-in-kum
_mu gu4-apin ku3-sig17_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — OBTI 074. 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 (P369504) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P369504..

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