RIME 4.03.07.03Sumerian, ex. 22

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P431872.

Transliteration

[kilib3 ki-en-gi ki]-uri#
[lu2 gu2 mu-da-ab-du3]-usz#-a
[sza3] mu# asz-a-ka
[a]-ra2# 8(disz)-am3
[]tukul-ta he2-em-mi-sag3
[iri] didli# gu2-bar-ra-mu#-ne#
lugal# [ka2-dingir-ra]
lugal an-ub-da [limmu2]
lugal du11-ga-ni
ki utu#
szer7-da-ta#
sze-ga-me-en#
du11-ga du11-ga utu#
marduk-bi-da-ka#
ugnim# zi#-[ga]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — RIME 4.03.07.03Sumerian, ex. 22. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Montserrat Museum, Barcelona, Spain (P431872) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P431872..

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