OIP 011, 009

~1950 BCE·Old Babylonian·P229550

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P229550.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[lu2 al-bulug3-ga2] = %a [...] x & %s lu2# al#-bulug3#-[ga2] = %a [...]
[lu2 al-bulug3-ga2] = %a [ka-ab]-ru# & %s lu2 al-bulug3-ga2# = %a [ka-ab-ru]
[lu2 gar3 sa-sa] = %a [du-...]-u2#-um & %s lu2 gar3 sa-sa = %a [du-...-u2-um]
[lu2 al-mud] = %a [ga-al]-tum# & %s lu2 al-mud# = %a [ga-al-tum]
[lu2 al-hi-li-a] = %a [mu-ma-nu-u2]-um# & %s lu2 al-hi-li#-[a] = %a [mu-ma-nu-u2-um]
[...] = %a [...] & %s [lu2] al#-[...] [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — OIP 011, 009. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P229550) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P229550..

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