OBTI 272

~1950 BCE·Old Babylonian·P369702

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P369702.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(disz) ARAD#-[x-x]-szu
1(disz) [...]-x-ra-am
1(disz) [...]-NI#
1(disz) x-[...]-x
1(disz) [...]-x-um
1(disz) a#-hu#?-ga#?-mil
1(disz) a#-li2-ba-ni-szu#
1(disz) qur-ru-rum
1(disz) a#-ti-ta
1(disz) x-x-mi
_1(u) lu2# hun#-ga2-mesz_
al-ta-rum
_iti_ tam-hi-ru
_u4 2(u) 6(disz)-kam_
_mu e2 inanna ba-du3_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — OBTI 272. 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 (P369702) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P369702..

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