OECT 15, 050

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P347393.

Why it matters

Transliteration

_2(barig) 3(ban2) sze_
_kur6 1(u) erin2 en-nu_
_e2_ a-si2-ri
a#-na a-pil-mar-tu
sza# _e2_ a-si2-ri#
i-di-in
_iti gan-gan-e3 u4 1(u) 6(disz)-kam_
_mu_ ri-im-suen _lugal_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — OECT 15, 050. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P347393) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P347393..

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