CDLI Literary 000448, ex. 006

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P346169.

Transliteration

[...]-ni [...]-in-tar
[i-din-]da#-gan szar-ru-um [...]-x a-sza-ar s,e-ru-ti-i-szu szi#-im-ta-am ra-bi-ta-am i-szi-im-ku-um
aga zi-da dalla mu-de3-de3 nam#-sipa kalam-ma-sze3 mu#-un-il2-e [kur] giri3#-zu-usz mu-un-gar
[a]-ga#-am ki-na-am [u2]-sze#-pi-ku-um [...]-x re-u2-ut ma-tim [...]-szi-i-ka ma#-ta-am a-na sze-pi-i-ka isz#-ku-un
[...] x [...]
x-e#? x [...]
en-lil2 te-er-ta#-[am] sza-a-ti u2-we-er-ka#
i-din-da-gan sipa sza3-ga-na-me-en
i-din-da-gan re-i# li-bi-i-szu at-ta
gu3 zi de2-a# en-lil2-la2-me-[en]
sza en-lil2 i-x-[...]
en-ki-ke4 gesztux(|GISZ.TUG2|)#? [...] nig2-nam-ma [...]
e2-a uz-[...] pe-ta-[...] mi-im#?-[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — CDLI Literary 000448, ex. 006. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P346169) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P346169..

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