TJA FM 15

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P315297.

Why it matters

Transliteration

a-na li#-pi2#-it#-e2#-a
qi2-bi2#-ma#
um-ma# [iszkur?-ra?-bi?]-ma#?
[...]
asz-szu#?-[mi]-ia#? li#-ba#?-[al-li]-tu2#?-ka
x [...]
um-ma a-na-ku-ma#? [...]
a-di ka-ni-ki ta-tab-ba-[al]
sze-am la ta-na-di-in
t,up-pi2 usz-ta-bi-la-kum-[ma]
_2(barig) sze_ szu-bi-lam
u3 a-wi-li-ia a-di _gu4_
t,u2#-ur-dam

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — TJA FM 15. 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 (P315297) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P315297..

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