OBTI 071

~1950 BCE·Old Babylonian·P369501

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P369501.

Transliteration

_3(barig) 2(ban2) sze_ ga-mi-lum _3(disz)#-kam#_
3(barig) 2(ban2) hu-za-lum _dumu_ ARAD2-utu
hu-bu-ta-tum
_ki_ dingir-szu-na-s,ir
u3 nanna-arhusz
_szu ba-an-ti_
[a-na] masz-kan2-nim
[sze]-am _i3-[ag2-e]_
_igi_ a-bu-um-dingir
_dumu_ [suen-eri-ba-am]
[...]
ri-[isz-utu]
u3 mu-na-nu-um _dub-sar_
_[mu] e2 esz18-dar ba-dim2_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — OBTI 071. 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 (P369501) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P369501..

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