CBS 07638

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P262639.

Transliteration

1(barig) 8(disz)# sila3# [ansze]
6(disz) sila3 ansze-edin-na
4(barig)# 2(ban2) gu4 niga
4(barig)# 5(ban2) gu4 esz3-esz3
3(ban2) ab2 hu-nu
2(ban2) udu niga
1(barig) udu-nita
1(ban2) szah2 niga
2(ban2) szah2 ze2-eh-tur
6(disz) sila3 dara3-masz
2(asz) 4(ban2)
iti ki 8(disz) kin-inanna u4 1(u) 8(disz)-kam
mu us2-sa i3-si-in ba-dab5#-ba#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — CBS 07638. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P262639) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P262639..

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