PBS 01/2, 111

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P269150.

Transliteration

_DISZ na sza3-mesz_-szu2 i-sza-ru-ma szi-ik-tu2 x [x]-u2 _1(disz) sila3_ [...] du-qa2-at-su-nu ta-ta-bal# [...]
ga-ab-ba-szu-nu i-na _a gazi_ ki-ma ra-bi-ki ta-ra-bak ana x [...] _gu7-gu7_-ma ne2-esz [x]
szi-pa-at _sza3-mesz_ i-sza-ru-ti _en2_ x [x] x ha ap?-pa ha 8(disz) x ha x [...]
_en2_ 7(disz) u 7(disz)-szu2 ana _ugu dur2_-szu2 nu mi#? [x x] x x# x _har udu gu7_-ma [i-ne-esz? ...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — PBS 01/2, 111. 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 (P269150) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P269150..

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