UET 5, 0550

~1950 BCE·Old Babylonian·P415425

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P415425.

Transliteration

al-gar
a-ru-a
a-bu-um-du10-bu-um
za3-u nin-gal-sze3
du-du nar
szu ba-an-ti
kiszib nig2-gur11-nanna gudu4
[iti] gu4-si-sa2
mu i7 hi-ri-tum  larsa-ma ba-ba-al
nig2-gur11-nanna
gudu4 na-na-a
dumu en-[nu]-li#-bur

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — UET 5, 0550. 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 (P415425) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P415425..

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