MSL 12, 200 C'

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P228643.

Transliteration

[lu2] IM#-bur2#-[x] = %a [...]
lu2# lugud2(LAGAB)-da = %a ku-ru?#-[u2]
lu2 dim3-dim3 = %a e-pi-isz x#-[...]
lu2 szita2(|SILA3.GISZ|) = %a di-ir-ku-um#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — MSL 12, 200 C'. 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 (P228643) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P228643..

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