TJA UMM H 18

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P315362.

Transliteration

[n] _sar# sig4-hi-a_
_ki_ e#-tel-pi4-isz8-tar2 _ugula suhur-la2-mesz_
sze-le-bu-um _dumu#?_ [...-i3]-li2#-szu#
_szu ba#-[an]-ti#
a-na# [... _iti n-kam_]
_sig4_ a-na# [...]
sza# il#-[qu2-u2]
u2-ta-a-ar
_igi_ nin-urta-mu-ba-li2-it, _dumu_ amar-utu-mu-sza-lim
_igi_ i-szum-ga-mil _dub-sar_
_iti apin-du8-a u4 1(u) 9(disz)-kam_
_mu_ am-mi-di-ta-na _lugal-e bad3 kar-utu bad3# utu-ke4_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — TJA UMM H 18. 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 (P315362) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P315362..

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