UCP 10-01, 074

~1950 BCE·Old Babylonian·P248069

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248069.

Why it matters

Transliteration

_2(disz)# 1/3(disz)# gin2# 1(u) 2(disz) sze ku3-[babbar]_
hu-bu-ta-tum
_ki_ dingir-szu-na-s,ir
suen-na-da
u3 ib-na-tum
_dumu-mesz_ e-ri-ib-sin
_szu ba-an-ti-mesz_
a-na masz-kan2-nim
sze-a-am _i3-ag2-e_
_igi_ a-li2-ba-ni-szu _szagina_
sa-ad-lu-ma
u3 ba-en-lil2
_dumu-mesz_ suen#-[i-qi2-sza-am]
u3 [...]
_mu_ utu#-[szi-iszkur _ba-usz2]_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — UCP 10-01, 074. 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 (P248069) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248069..

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