TCL 07, 012

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P386005.

Transliteration

a-na utu-ha-zi-ir
qi2-bi2-ma
um-ma ha-am-mu-ra-pi2-ma
i3-li2-i-qi2-sza-am _nar ra2-gaba_
ki-a-am u2-lam-mi-da-an-ni
um-ma szu-u2-ma
suen-uru4 u3 ap-lum ah-hi a-bi-ia
_a-sza3_-i ib-ta-aq-ru-ni-in-ni
ki-a-am u2-lam-mi-da-an-ni
wa-ar-ka-tam
pu-ru-us2-ma
_a-sza3_-am ma-la i-na qa2-ti-szu-nu
i-ba-asz-szu-u2
mi-it-ha-ri-isz
zu-uz-zu-nu-szi-im

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — TCL 07, 012. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P386005) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P386005..

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