UET 6, 0880

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P346917.

Transliteration

[...] x x [...]
[...] nig2#-gig [...]
[...] x-ga#? nu#?-x-x [...]
[...] x x-ga#!? nu#-x-[...]
[...] gu#?-la-am3#
[...] ba#?-ab#-szum2-mu
[...]-x-szum2-mu
[...] x utul2 szu-gu10 he2-x-[...]
[...] x banszur he2#-x
[...]-x-GI-NE
[...]-SI
[...]-in-du8
[...] x-im-szi-gal2
[...]-NE
[...]-ma-kam#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — UET 6, 0880. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P346917) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P346917..

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