UET 6, 0470

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P346508.

Transliteration

[...] x x [...]
[...] ki#? siskur2 DU nu#-[...]
[...] ki sza3 hul2-la nu-tum2
[...]-gu10 a ni2-gu10 a gesz-ge-ge-na-gu10#
[...]-gu10 a nu-tu5-tux(NAGA) i3 nu-szesz4#
[...] x-gu10 a gesz-ge-na-gu10 HI-HI#?
[...] uludin2# sa6-ga-gu10 x [...]
[...] ga#-am3-du11 a ama ugu#-[...]-x-x
[... ga]-am3#-du11 a nin9 ama5#? [...]-na# ga-am3-du11#
[...] til#? sza3 sag3-ga-gu10 [ga]-am3#-du11 nu-til#?
[...] x-e-ne mu-un-x-esz-am3#?
[...]-ni#-in-tu-u4-de3#?-en
[...]-ba#? mu-un-DU
[...] x x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — UET 6, 0470. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P346508) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P346508..

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