AUCT 4, 080

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249587.

Why it matters

Transliteration

_1(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_
_szu ti-a_
li-pi2-it-mar-tu
_ki_ suen-u2-s,e2-li
_sza3-ba 5(disz) 5/6(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_
sza e-li-i-szu
i-szu-u2
_igi_ in-bi-isz8-tar2
da-da-a
_iti szu-numun-a u4 1(u)-kam_
_mu ugnim esz3-nun-na tukul ba-an-sag3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — AUCT 4, 080. 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 (P249587) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249587..

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