RIME 4.03.06.05, ex. 01

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P347196.

Transliteration

[...] s,i-li2-suen lugal asz2-nun#-[na ...]
[...] x lugal-e larsa-ma gu2 gesz ga2-ga2 bi2-ni!-[in-ak]
[...] hul-hul-ta mu-un-dim2-ma gir3-si3-<ga> lugal-[la ...]
[...] a2 siskur ak-bi lugal-ra [...]
[...] x x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — RIME 4.03.06.05, ex. 01. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany (P347196) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P347196..

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