OBTI 117

~1950 BCE·Old Babylonian·P369547

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P369547.

Transliteration

_1(disz) udu-nita2# ku#-a#_
tu-bu-uh#-tum#
_na#-gada#_ i3-li2-ma-a-bi
_iti_ dumu#-zi#
_u4 1(u) 3(disz)-kam_
_mu# e2_ en-lil2
[a]-bi#-zu#-[um]
_sanga_ ki-ti-[tum]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — OBTI 117. 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 (P369547) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P369547..

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