TJDB pl. 67, MAH 16643

~1950 BCE·Old Babylonian·P424288

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P424288.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[1(disz)] ru#-ug!-ba-am
_ki_ nu-nu-ri-sza#-at
nanna-tum
a-na _mu 1(disz)-kam_-szu
i-gu-ur
ki-is,-ri
n _gin2 ku3-babbar_
_[i3]-la2#-e_
[_igi_ x]-esz18-dar
[_igi_ a?]-bi#-sin
_iti_ a-bi
_x-x-id-szu_
[...] x
_[mu gu4-apin ku3]-sig17_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — TJDB pl. 67, MAH 16643. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland (P424288) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P424288..

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