AUCT 4, 064

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249600.

Why it matters

Transliteration

_3(disz) gin2 ku3#-[babbar]_
x x [x] x [...]
[...] x
_ku3-babbar_ ha#-ra#?-[...]
iszkur-[...]
i-na qa2-ti ib#-x-x
_szu ba-an-ti
sza ba-ma-at-ti#
_szu ba-an-ti_
_iti ab-e3!(AB) u4 6(disz)-kam_
_mu_ ri-im-suen _lugal_
[...]
_dumu_ suen-dingir
_ARAD_ AN mar-tu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — AUCT 4, 064. 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 (P249600) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249600..

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