TJA FM 01

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P315283.

Why it matters

Transliteration

_2(asz) sze gur_
_szu ti-a_
utu-ri-isz
_ki_ li-pi2-it-e2-a
_igi_ a-wi-il-iszkur _dumu_ dumu-ki
_igi_ na-bi-um-mu-sza-lim _dumu_ a-da-la-lum
_iti apin-du8-a u4# 1(u) 3(disz)-kam_
_mu_ sa-am-su-i-[lu-na _lugal]-e# gu-za bar2-ra gu-la#_
[a-wi]-il-[iszkur]
_dumu_ dumu-er#-[s,e-tim]
_ARAD_ nin-[si4-an-na]

Scholarly note

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

Attribution

Image: Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK (P315283) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P315283..

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