AUCT 4, 057

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249606.

Why it matters

Transliteration

_2(u) 4(disz) gesz_ zu-ru-qum
_2(u) 4(disz) gesz_ szum-ma-nu
_2(u) 4(disz) gesz szu-a-bala_
_sza3 szu ti-a_ suen-i-[din-nam] _szabra#_
nam-ha-ar-ti [...]
u3 la# [...]
a# [...] a?-na?
e-pe2-szi-im im-hu-[ru]
_giri3_ a-bu-um-wa-qar
u3 in-bi-i3-li2-szu _dumu_ sin-[...]
_iti ab-e3-a u4 1(u) 4(disz)-kam_
_mu_ sa-am-su-i-lu-na _lugal-e alan tukul# sag3-ge me-dim2# nam ur-ag-ga2-ka-[na]
iszkur-i#-din-nam
[_dumu?_] EL-la-[...]
[_ARAD_] x-szi

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — AUCT 4, 057. 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 (P249606) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249606..

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