UET 5, 0575

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P415449.

Transliteration

_1(asz) 2(barig) gur_ na-asz-la-ap-ti
u2-s,u2-u2-[a]
_1(asz) 2(barig) gur 2(ban2) sze_ na-asz-la-ap-ti
suen-i-din-nam
u3 i-din-iszkur

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — UET 5, 0575. 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 (P415449) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P415449..

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