TJA UMM E 09

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P315326.

Transliteration

_n gur sze-gesz-i3 sag_
_masz2 gi-na ba-ab-dah-e_
_3(barig) zu2-lum_
_n sila3 i3-gesz_
_ki#_ utu-li-wi-ir
[x x x?] x sza sza-bi-x-ta?
[...] nin-gal-la-ma-[si2]
[...]
[...] i?-na x [...]
_igi#?_ [x] bi#?-ma _iti?_ x [x?]
_igi#?_ a-pil-mar-tu
_kiszib lu2-ki-inim-ma ib2-ra_
_iti# gan-gan-e3-a_
x [x] x x a-hu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — TJA UMM E 09. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Manchester Museum, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK (P315326) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P315326..

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