AUCT 4, 019

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249643.

Why it matters

Transliteration

_1(barig) 4(ban2) sze sag-bi_
_masz2 gi-na ab-dah-e_
_ki_ utu-ga-mil
e-tel-pi4-utu ugula x [...]
_szu ba-an-ti_
_iti sig4-a sze u3 masz2-[bi]
_i3#-ag2-[e?]_
a-pil-i3-li2-szu
_dumu_ a-gu-u2-a-tum
utu-mu-ba-li2-it,
_dumu_ a#-[hu]-szu#-mu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — AUCT 4, 019. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Siegfried H. Horn Museum, Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA (P249643) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249643..

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