TJA FM 06

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P315288.

Why it matters

Transliteration

_1(disz) szukur zabar_
[_1(disz)] szen tab-ba_
[_1(disz)] szen asz-gi sza3 szen asz-gi ZUR NU_
li-pi2-it-e2-a
suen-ma-gir
u3 amar-utu-na-s,i2-ir
ma-ah-ru
_iti ab-e3-a u4 1(u) 6(disz)-kam_
_mu ki-lugal-gub_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — TJA FM 06. 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 (P315288) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P315288..

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