UET 5, 0051

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P414955.

Transliteration

a-na suen-be-el-i3-li2
qi2-bi2-ma
um-ma utu-na-s,ir-ma
suen u3 nin-gal asz-szum-ia
asz-szum _2(bur3) GAN2 a-sza3 szuku_-ka
sza a-na er-re-szu-tim
it-ti-i-ka u2-sze-s,u2-u2
u3 tup-pa2-ka tu-sze-zi-ba-an-ni
du-du-u2 _szabra_ ib#-ta#-aq#-ra#-an#-ni#
um-ma szu-u2#-ma# a-[na-ku er-re-esz]
a-nu-um-[ma ...]
x x x x x
ap-pu-tum

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — UET 5, 0051. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P414955) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P414955..

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