UET 6, 0694

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P346731.

Transliteration

[...] x x-e#-gu10#?
[...] x x bur-ra szu-zu mu-un-da-gal2
[...]-zu#? mu-un-szub-be2-en
[...] mu-un-kesz2 sed4-de3 ki nam-ti-la-ka#? ni2-gu10 ba-gub-be2-en#
[...] zabar# musz2-me-ga2 sag12-ga du11-ga-ra [...] nam-gal-zu i3-in#?-[...]
[...] NE? siskur2 ezem-zu TUG2 x [...]
[...] x x x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — UET 6, 0694. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P346731) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P346731..

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