OBTI 114

~1950 BCE·Old Babylonian·P369544

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P369544.

Transliteration

1(disz) pu-ha-du
a-na ne-isz?-rum#?
_na-gada!_ i3-li2-ki#-a-bi
_iti_ ki-in-kum
_u4 5(disz)#-kam_
_mu e2#_ en#-lil2# _ba#-dim2#_
[a-bi-zu-um]
_sanga#_ ki#-ti#-tum#
_dumu_ ig-mil-suen
_ARAD#_ i#-ba-al-pi-el#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — OBTI 114. 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 (P369544) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P369544..

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