DCS 118

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P414626.

Why it matters

Transliteration

_4(u) 5(disz) ma-na siki gen gibil4
_ka9 si-ga udu-nita2_
sza i-na _ga2 gu4 udu niga_
ib-ba-aq-mu
_1(asz) gu2 3(u) ma-na siki gen gibil4_
_ka9 si-ga udu-nita2-hi-a_
sza i-na _an-za-gar3#_
ib-ba-aq-mu
() _szu-nigin 2(asz) gu2 1(u) 5(disz)# ma#-na# siki#_
_giri3_ iszkur#?-[x]-nam?
_kiszib# i-bi-nin#-szubur
u3 i3-li2-i-ma-dingir
_iti udru u4 2(u)-kam_
_mu e2 bara2-ul-e-gar-ra sza3# adab mu-un-du3-a_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — DCS 118. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Bibliothèque Nationale et Universitaire de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France (P414626) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P414626..

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