TJA UMM H 19

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P315363.

Transliteration

[a-na] e#-s,i#-[di-im]
_ki#_ szum-szu-nu _ensi2#_
a-na qa2-be2-e ba-[asz-ti-il-a-bi]
_dumu_ ri-szi-ia#
i3-li2-i-qi2-sza-am x [x?]
_szu ba-an-ti_
_u4 buru14-sze3 erin2 sze gur10-ku5_ i-il#-[la-ak]
[u2]-ul i-il-la-ak-ma
[ki-ma s,i-im-da-at szar-ri]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — TJA UMM H 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 (P315363) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P315363..

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