UET 6, 0389

Translation · reference

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Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P346432.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[... at]-ti#
[...-me]-en#
[...]-x [... at]-ti
[...]-me-en
[...] x [...]
[...] x [...] x [...]
[...] du3-du3-ni# [...]
[ap]-su#-um eridu i-na pi-x [...]
hal#-an-ku3 sza3 kusz2-u3-[...]
i-na ha-la-an-ku i-na mi-it#-[...]
e2 taszkarin du5 bar-ra!-[ni]
bi-it ti4-is-ka3-ri-[...] i-na szu-pe-el#-[...]
abgal siki bar duh#?-[...]
ab-gal-lum sza# [...] u2-x-[...]
temen gal# [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)) — UET 6, 0389. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P346432) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P346432..

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