AUCT 4, 075

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P273621.

Why it matters

Transliteration

_8(asz) gur zu2-lum saga10_
_1(u) 6(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2)_ gur-nu-um
_2(u) 4(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) gur zu2#-lum#_
_banesz_ nam-har-ti
_sza3 3(u) 2(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) gur_ bil-ti-szu
_mu-kux(DU)_ i3-li2-ba-ni-i
nam-har-ti dumu-babila2 _szandana_
_sza3 kiri6_ ia-ah-ru-rum _ki-ta_
_iti udru u4 2(u)-kam_
_mu_ sa-am-su-i-lu-na _lugal  lugal ni2-gil gu2-bar-ra lu2 ki-uri-ke4_
dumu-babila2
_dumu_ dingir-da-mi-[iq]
_ARAD_ isztaran(|KA.[DI]|)#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — AUCT 4, 075. 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 (P273621) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P273621..

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