AUCT 4, 044

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249619.

Why it matters

Transliteration

_9(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_
_szu ti-a_
utu-ha-zi-ir
_ki_ da-da-a
u3 suen-u2-s,e2-li
i-na gesz da-ar ma-<an>-za-az?-ti
_ku3 i3-la2-e_
u2-sze-te-eq-ma
_masz2-bi ba-ab-dah-e_
_iti bara2-za3-gar u4 4(disz)-kam ba-zal_
_mu ki 3(u) i3-si-in ba-an-dab5_
utu-ha-zi-ir
_dumu_ [x]-lu-[...]
_ARAD_ nin-si4-an-na

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — AUCT 4, 044. 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 (P249619) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249619..

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