OBTI 029

~1950 BCE·Old Babylonian·P369459

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P369459.

Why it matters

Transliteration

_3(asz) sze ku3-babbar_
ni-ka-su2-szu
i-na _ka2_ tiszpak#
ka-ru-um
i-pu-usz-ma
sze-um an-nu-um
_ki_ li-wi-ra-szum
_i3-gal2_
_igi_ bur-suen _ugula dam-qar#_
_igi_ suen-i-qi2#-sza#-[am]
_igi_ en-nam-suen#?
u3 ka-ru-um#
sza ne#-ri#-ib#-tim#[]
_iti_ ma#-mi# _u4# 1(u)# n-kam_
_mu#_ x [...] i-pi-iq-iszkur# kalam-ma# di-[...] i#-pi-iq-iszkur# _ba-dim2-dim2-ma#_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — OBTI 029. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA (P369459) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P369459..

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