AbB 10, 194

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P423999.

Transliteration

a-na a-hu-szi-na
u3 s,il2-li2-dam-ki#-na
qi2-bi2-ma
um-ma lu-mur-sza-amar-utu-ma
utu li-ba-al-li-it,-ku-nu-ti
a-nu-um-ma da#-da-a
at,-t,ar-da-ku#-nu-szi-im
_5(asz) gur-ta sze_ IR-ma-am
id-na-szum-ma
ne-me-et-tam la i-ra-asz-szi

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — AbB 10, 194. 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 (P423999) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P423999..

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