CUSAS 15, 170

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P270787.

Transliteration

_1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sa10-am3 5(disz) sila3 gazi_
_2(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 sa10-am3 5(disz) sila3 mun#_
a-na _e2 szu-i-e-ne_
_inim_ sza ta-ri-bu-um
_iti udru [...]
_mu i7# [masz?-tab?-ba?] mu-ba#-la2_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — CUSAS 15, 170. 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 (P270787) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P270787..

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