UM 29-15-538

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P256296.

Transliteration

1(u) 3(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar giri3 ha-bil2-a-hu-szu
4(disz) gin2 tar-ba-s,um-ga-mil
3(disz) gin2 en-lil2-ba-ni
3(disz) gin2 igi 6(disz)-gal2 giri3 pe-ru-ru-tum
2(disz) gin2 igi 6(disz)-gal2 suen-i-din-nam
1(disz) gin2 EN-x-[...]-x-li#?-sa
1(u) gin2 ku3-babbar# [suen]-i-tu-ra-am sza ad#-da# x x-DI-x
szunigin 3(u) ma-na 6(disz) 1/3(disz)# gin2
nig2 ad-da AN-x-x [...]
szu-ti-a suen-i-tu-ra-am szesz-a-ni
udru u4 5(disz)-kam
mu hur-sag gal kur mar-tu-a

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — UM 29-15-538. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P256296) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P256296..

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