TJA UMM G 33

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P315344.

Transliteration

_1(disz) udu siskur2_ a-na urasz
_ki-gub tuku gir2 tuku_ szu-bat _za3 gir2 szu-si gub3 gir2 gar_
_kal tuku silim tuku_
_ze2 za3 gi-na_
i-na _gub3 ze2 2(disz) gir3#_
i-na szub gu-za [x] x x i-t,ul
ni-ru ha-x-[...]
x x x [...]
[...]
[...]
sza ku-ub-bu-rum _ugula dam#-gar3-[mesz]_
_iti sze-sag11-ku5 u4 2(u)# 5(disz)-kam_
_mu_ am-mi-s,a-du-qa2 _lugal-e ki-lugal-gub i3-mah-a_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — TJA UMM G 33. 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 (P315344) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P315344..

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