CUSAS 15, 099

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P270728.

Transliteration

_2(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) sila3 kasz_
_szuku_ s,i-li2-suen _szitim_
_8(disz) sila3 ninda kasz szuku 2(disz) szitim_
sza i-na _asz-dub-ba_ u2-tu-nam
i-pu-szu
_iti udru u4 1(u) 9(disz)-[kam]_
_6(disz) sila3 szuku_ s,i-li2-suen
_8(disz) sila3 ninda kas szuku 2(disz) szitim_
sza NI _a-gar3_ adab
_1(u) 5(disz) sila3 szuku 3(disz) szitim_
sza sza-la-szi-szu
_szu#-nigin2# 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3#_
_iti udru u4 1(u) [n?-kam]_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — CUSAS 15, 099. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Rare Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library, Ithaca, New York, USA (P270728) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P270728..

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