UCP 10-01, 059

~1950 BCE·Old Babylonian·P248095

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248095.

Why it matters

Transliteration

2(barig) 4(ban2) _sze_  na-ra-am-tum _dumu-munus_ ha-ma-nim
1(barig) 2(ban2) be-el-ta-ni _dam_ mu-na-wi-rum
3(barig) 2(ban2) suen-i-din-nam# _ha#-li#_
2(barig) 2(ban2) _dumu_ isz-ku-un-[sin]
hu-bu-ta-tum
_ki_ dingir-szu-na-s,ir
_szu ba-an-ti_
a-na masz-kan2-nim
sze-a-am _i3-ag2-e_
u2-sze-te-eq-ma _masz2_ u2-s,a-ab
_igi_ ARAD2-utu
ig-mil-sin
ra-szum-e2
u3 mu-na-nu-um _dub-sar_
_mu# a-lamx(LUM) ku3#-sig17_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — UCP 10-01, 059. 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 (P248095) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248095..

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