AUCT 4, 074

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249591.

Why it matters

Transliteration

_1(u) 8(asz) gur zu2-lum_
_kar-bi 2(asz) gur-ta-am3_
_ku3-bi 9(disz) gin2_
nam-ha-ar-ti
a-hi-ia _ugula nam-5(disz)
_ki_ e-tel-pi4 _szandana_
_giri3_ a-pil-ki-it-tim
u2-s,i-nu-rum _szandana_
u3 a-hu-um-<wa>-qar!
a-na su2-ti-szu-nu
_iti kin-inanna u4 2(u) 2(disz)-kam_
_mu_ sa-am-su-i-lu-na _lugal tukul szu-nir_
im-gur-suen
_dumu_ nanna-an-dul3
_ARAD_ nin-szubur

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — AUCT 4, 074. 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 (P249591) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249591..

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