CDLI Seals 001335 (physical)

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P272845.

Transliteration

x a e2 x_
x hu x
sza ni-ir x
x mi x x
szu x x szu
x ma u2-ul
dumu ur-x-ki-szu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — CDLI Seals 001335 (physical). No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, USA (P272845) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P272845..

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