MSL 09, 066 B04

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P228603.

Transliteration

[kiri3-gu10] = %a [ap]-pi
[pa-ag2-ta kiri3-gu10] = %a na#-pi-isz ap-pi-ia
[pa-ag2 kiri3-gu10] = %a na-hi-ir ap-pi-ia
[tumu kiri3]-gu10# = %a sza-ar ap-pi-ia
[sag] kiri3#-gu10# = %a ri#-esz3# ap-pi-ia
[szag4] kiri3#-gu10# = %a li#-ib# ap#-pi-ia
[buru3 kiri3]-gu10# = %a pi!-li-isz# ap-pi-ia#
[siki kiri3-gu10] = %a ha#-an-za-ar-ti [ap]-pi#-ia#
[bad3 kiri3-gu10] = %a [du]-ur# ap-pi-ia#
[...] x# x# [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — MSL 09, 066 B04. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P228603) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P228603..

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