RA 073, 073 AO 10329

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P479255.

Transliteration

_2(bur3) GAN2 a-sza3_-lum
_sza3 a-sza3_ gu-la
sza me-du-u2
_ki_ s,il2-li2-utu
t,a3-ab-ga-ma-al-sza
_nam-apin-la2-sze3 ib2-ta-e3-a_
i-sza-ak-ka-ak u3 szi-ir-a-am
i-sza-ak-ka-an
szi-it-ti-in er-re-szum
sza-lu-usz-tam be-el _a-sza3_-lim
i-le-eq-qu2-u2
_igi_ utu
_igi_ gu-la
_iti NE-NE-gar u4 2(u) 3(disz)?-kam_
_mu gibil_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — RA 073, 073 AO 10329. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P479255) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P479255..

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