AbB 10, 183

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P423935.

Transliteration

a-na s,il2-li2-dam-ki-na
u3 ma-du-tim
qi2-bi2-ma
um-ma lu-mur-sza-amar-utu-ma
utu li-ba-al-li-it,-ku-nu-ti
a-wi-lum!(LIM) _kiri6 hi-a_ u2-ra-ka-am-ma
a-na bu#-uk-ta-a-an [x x x x]
ta-na-sa-ha a [x]
a-na _mu 1(disz)-kam zu2-lum-ma#_
li-di-in
i-na qa2-ba-al e-bu-ri-im#
tup-pi2 usz-ta-bi-la-ku-nu#-szi#-im#
_zu2-lum_ szu-u2 li-ik-mi#-ISZ#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — AbB 10, 183. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland (P423935) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P423935..

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