TJA UMM G 19

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P315340.

Transliteration

_3(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_
[...]-x-ri-[x x?]
[...] x x x x-ad#
[...] x x ke-ez-re-tim
[...] x la sza-ki-na
[...] [ta]-ri-ba#-tum#
qa2#-ti# ta-ri#-ba#-tum# _dam#-a#-ni_
na#-as2-ha-[at-ma]
i-na# _u4#_-um ta-ar-szu
dingir-mu-sza-lim
_dumu_ na-bi-um-la-ma-sa3-szu#
a-na na-szi ka-ni-ki-szu
_3(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ i-na-ad-di-in
_iti kin-inanna u4 5(disz)-kam_
_mu_ am-mi-s,a-du-qa2 _lugal#-[e] lamma didli-a_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — TJA UMM G 19. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Manchester Museum, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK (P315340) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P315340..

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