UET 6, 0571

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P346608.

Transliteration

[... a]-na-me-a-bi x [...]
[...] lib# bar mu-un-ak-ne inim#-[...]
x [...]-le#?-zu a-nun-na sug2-ge-esz inim mu-un-sa6#-[...]
ni2 gal#? ka-tar-ka-tar zi szita4?-gin7 ME TUG2 GAB NIR me-til-le-ne
ka-tar si-il-la-zu ba-ra-til-le me#?-a mu-zu mah nu
in-nin9 ninim-ma sal-la NIG2 ni2-te-na ga-ba-al nu-du12?-du12
ki u3-ma gub-bu-zu lu2 ka-tar-ra-zu ba-ra-sa2
ur-sag-ur-sag-e-ne lu2 za-da nu-me-a i7-da nu-bala-ne#-x
[...] in#-nin9-e igi im-szi-bar-re alad lamma nig2-tuku ba-x-[...]
[...] x-e esag2?-e-ne x x x [...]
[...] x [...]
[...] x

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — UET 6, 0571. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P346608) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P346608..

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