TJA FM 14

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P315296.

Why it matters

Transliteration

_8(disz) kusz-hi-a_ sza _udu_
_4(disz) kusz-hi-a_ sza _ud5_
mi-qi2-it-tum
sza qa2-ti na-bi-ia-tum
nam-ha-ar-ti
li#-pi2-it-e2#-[a]
_mu u6 ki-tusz mah za-ba4-ba4 inanna-bi-da-ke4_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — TJA FM 14. 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 (P315296) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P315296..

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