OECT 13, 007

~1950 BCE·Old Babylonian·P385537

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P385537.

Transliteration

1(ban2)# i3-gesz A-AB-BA-a-bu#?-um
1(ban2) i-di-esz18-dar
1(ban2) nu-ri-ia
szu-ti-a
dumu-munus lugal
nig2-szu ugula dam-gar3#
iti gu4-si-sa2
mu us2-sa za3-szu4 nanna uri2-sze3! ib#-ni-sza-du-u2 mu-un-dim2
[sza-at-]suen#
dumu-[munus su-mu-dingir]
e2-[gi4-a]
ma-na-ba-al-te-el
dam ib-ni-sza-du

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — OECT 13, 007. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P385537) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P385537..

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