UCP 10-01, 013

~1950 BCE·Old Babylonian·P248057

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248057.

Why it matters

Transliteration

_2(u) 2(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) gur sze_ hu-bu-ta-tum
_ki_ dingir-szu-na-s,ir
u3 nanna-arhusz
mi-szar-ga-mil
_szu ba-an-ti_
a-na masz-kan2-nim
_sze_-am _i3-ag2-e_
_igi_ utu-na-s,ir _szagina_
_dumu_ sin-i-qi2-szam
_igi_ a-bu-um-dingir
_dumu_ sin-eri-ba-am
_igi_ im-gur-akszak
_dumu_ ia-ar-szi-<an>-nu-um
_mu e2_ suen _ba-dim2_ u3 a-lamx(LUM) ku3-sig17_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — UCP 10-01, 013. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA (P248057) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248057..

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