DCS 125

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P414632.

Why it matters

Transliteration

_8(asz) 4(ban2) 9(disz) sila3 ninda_
sza la-bi-isz-tum _muhaldim_
isz-tu be-el-szu-nu
_dumu_ dingir-szu-ba-ni
i-szu-u2
3(disz)? isz szum2? ud? x?
_mu-kux(DU)
be-el-szu-nu _dumu_ tu-tu-musz?
nam!-har-ti
la-bi-isz-tum _muhaldim_
_iti kin-inanna u4 3(u)-kam_
_mu_ am-mi-s,a3-du-qa _lugal-e uruda du8-mah gal-gal-la_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — DCS 125. 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 (P414632) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P414632..

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