UM 29-15-563

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P256319.

Transliteration

[n] szuku ab-ba en-lil2-kam
3(disz) sanga
1(disz) szabra
1(disz) nin-urta-mu-sza-lim
1(disz) en-lil2-dingir
1(disz) a-wi-li-ia
() 4(u) 8(disz)? x
() 7(disz)# szuku PI-x-x-x

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — UM 29-15-563. 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 (P256319) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P256319..

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