CDLJ 2012/1 §6.03

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P416488.

Transliteration

1(disz) 5/6(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar# [...]
masz2# gi#-na# ba-ab-dah-e
ki suen-u2-s,e2-li#
[...] ma-x-x-im?
szu ba-an-ti
iti sig4 sze u3# masz2#-bi#
i3-ag2-e
igi x x x
[igi ]suen#-i-din-nam
[igi] x x x
[igi] x-nu?-tab
[igi] ak#?-x-mu
[igi ...]-x-un

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) ?) — CDLJ 2012/1 §6.03. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, USA (P416488) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P416488..

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