CDLI Literary 000343, ex. 039

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P346463.

Transliteration

[...] x x x [...]
x x x [...] x-da?-x [...]
abul#? 1(disz)#?-kam#?-[ma ...]-ta
szu-gur#?-[...] x x x x [...]
ta#-am3#-me-[...]
si#-a# [...] x x [...] x [...]
[...] garza# [...]
x x [...]
ta-am3 [...]
si-a me! kur-ra-ke4 szu# al#-du7#-[...]
inanna garza kur-ra-ke4 ka-zu na-an-ba#-e#
gir-gir gilim-ma#-ni ugu-ni-sze3 lu2 im#?-[...]
ze2#-ze2# x-x-ni igi#-ni-sze3 x ba-an-x-[...]
[...] x x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — CDLI Literary 000343, ex. 039. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P346463) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P346463..

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