UET 6, 0576

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P346613.

Transliteration

[...] nam zi-de3-esz an-e mu-un#-[...]
[...] x en#?-x ud5#-sag kur-kur-ra [...] ug3 szar2#-ra# [...]
[...] x x x nig2-nam gal#?-zu#? x x [...]
[...] x-a nam-bara2#-ga# RI [...] x-x-esz [...]-gal2#?
[...] x me-dim2# x ba-ab-du7!? [...] x-bi sag#? [...] sa2-a
[...] x nin#?-x en-ki-ke4#? [...] x
[...] x gal# x USZ#? DU#? x x x [...]
[...] tuku? e2-kisz-nu-gal2 x [...]
[...] en-lil2-ka ne-sag gu4 u4-szu2-[usz ...]
[...] mu# pa3-da-a-ni sa6-ga nin-gal-e ki ag2
[...] x kin2?-e sza3 hul2-la a-a nanna-kam nig2-nam sa mu-ni-in-gi4-gi#?

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — UET 6, 0576. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P346613) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P346613..

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