JCS 28, 240 07

~1950 BCE·Old Babylonian·P466539

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P466539.

Transliteration

x [...]
x x [...] in# tu#-ra
1(u) gin2 i3-nun
szu-nir su-mu-la-el
ba-ab-szesz4
1(ban2) i3-gesz 4(disz) sila3 ga-ar3#
3(ban2) zu2-lum
siskur2# su#-mu#-la#-el#
ki lugal-ezem-ta
ba-zi
iti szu-numun-a
mu us2-sa en utu masz2-e i3-pa3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — JCS 28, 240 07. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P466539) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P466539..

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