TJA UMM H 27

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P315366.

Transliteration

_1(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) sze gur_
a-na _erin2 sze gur10-ku5_
_ki_ szum-szu-nu _ensi2_
a-na qa2-be2-e ba-asz-ti-il-a-bi
nu-ur2-nin-si4-an-na _gudu4 inanna_
_szu ba-an-ti_
_u4 buru14-sze3_
_erin2 sze gur10-ku5_ i-il-la-ak
u2#-ul i-il-la-ak-ma
ki#-ma# s,i-im-da-at _lugal_
_igi#_ [gi?]-mil#?-lum# _lu2#-gesztin#?-na_
_igi#_ [...]-ra-bi
_iti udru#[ u4 n-kam]_
_mu#_ am#-mi#-[s,a-du-qa2 _lugal-e] sipa zi# sze-ga utu amar-utu-bi-da-[ke4]_
_kiszib_ nu#-[ur2-]nin-[si4-na]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — TJA UMM H 27. 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 (P315366) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P315366..

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