UCP 10-01, 104

~1950 BCE·Old Babylonian·P248075

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248075.

Why it matters

Transliteration

_1(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) gur sze_  wa-qar-a-bu-szu
1(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) na-na-tum
_dumu_ suen-mu-ba-li2-it,
2(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) hu-bu-ta-tum
_ki_ dingir-szu-na-s,ir
wa-ar-ki mi-szar
bad3-ri-musz isz-sza-ak-nu
_szu ba-an-ti_
a-na masz-kan2-nim
sze-am _i3-ag2-e_ u2-sze-te-eq-ma
_masz2_ u2-s,a-ab
_igi_ szu-mu-li-ib-szi _szagina_
_igi_ hu-za-lum _dumu_ hu-bu-szum
_igi_ sin#-isz#-me#-an#-ni# _dumu#_ dingir#-szu#-gal
_mu gu4-apin ku3-sig17 iri_ ki-masz# [e2-gal]-la#-tim

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — UCP 10-01, 104. 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 (P248075) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248075..

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