OBTI 075

~1950 BCE·Old Babylonian·P369505

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P369505.

Why it matters

Transliteration

_1(asz) 4(barig) gur sze#_
hu-bu-ta-tum
_ki_ gi#-il-ta-ni
ha-zi-rum
_[szu ba-an-ti]_
[...]
_[sze] i3#-ag2#-e#_
ha-zi-rum
_dumu_ lu2-nin-a-zu
be-el-szu-nu
_dumu_ sin-i-din-nam
_mu# abul#_ ki#-ku#-ur#-ri#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — OBTI 075. 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 (P369505) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P369505..

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