AbB 10, 187

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P423955.

Transliteration

a-na x-[x x x]
qi2#-bi2#-ma
um#-ma utu-[mu-sza]-lim?-ma
asz-szum a-wi-il-isz8-tar2
u3 _nu-kiri6-mesz_ unu sza# qa2-ti-szu#
sza a-na ta#-ri#-szu#-nu at,-ru-du-ka
a-wi-il-isz8-tar2 x x x x i-mu-ru-nim
ki-a-am iq-bi#-a-am
um-ma# szu#-u2-ma
x x x _zu2-lum-bi_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — AbB 10, 187. 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 (P423955) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P423955..

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