CDLI Literary 000367, ex. 037

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P346534.

Transliteration

[...]-x-ta#? [...]
[...] nam#-me-a [...]
[...] ki us2-sa igi# [...]
[...]-ta# e3 igi [...]
[...] an-ta mu#-[...]
[...] ku3 x x [...]
[...] kur#-ra-ka u4 mu#-[...]
[... hur]-ru#-um kur-ra-ka mu-na-zalag?-ge#? [...]
[...]-ni# mu-na-ta#-[...]
[...]-ni# hasz4-a-na ba#-[...]
[...]-ni# bar-sze3 ba-[...]
[...] igi#? he2#?-[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — CDLI Literary 000367, ex. 037. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P346534) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P346534..

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