OBTI 032

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P369462.

Transliteration

4(asz) _gan2 a-sza3_
_da_ ip-qa2-a
ki# mi-nu-na-tim
[u3?] ha#-ri-il ma-ri-sza#
[ma?-a?]-tum? _in-szi-sa10#_
[_szam2?_]-_til#-la-ni-sze3_
[_ku3-babbar_] _in-na-lal?_
[_gisz?-gan?-na?_] _ib#-bal?_
[_mu?-lugal?_]-bi# _pad3#_
[...] x
[x]-ru-mu-um
[mu?]-na#-nu-um _simug_
ma#-am _pa_
x-x-mi-il
x-ki#-el

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — OBTI 032. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA (P369462) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P369462..

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