CDLI Literary needed, ex. nn ?

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P274223.

Transliteration

_igi-nigin2 sza3 nig2-nam-ma mu sa4-a
ba-ri lib-bi mi-im-ma szum-szu sza szu-ma-am na-bu-u2
_igi nigin2 a-ab-ba-ke4 sig igi-nim-ma_
ha-i11-it, a-ia-a-ma e-li-tim u3 sza#-ap#-li#-tim
_im an-na-ke4 a-bi szum2-mu sze-gu#-[nu?_ ...]
sza zu-un-na i-na AN# [...]
_i7 mah-e_ [...]
na-ru#-[um ...]
_kur gal bad-da_ [...]
er#?-s,e2-tum#? [...]

Scholarly note

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

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P274223) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P274223..

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