TJA UMM H 42

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P315373.

Transliteration

_1(asz) sze gur_
[_ki_] be-li-tum
_dumu#-munus#_ za-ba4-ba4-na-s,i-ir#
pa-az-za-tum
_szu ba-an-ti_
_u4 buru4-sze3_
[a]-na _e2 i3-dub_
[il]-qu2#-u2 sze-am u2-ta-a-ar
_igi_ inanna
_igi_ za-ba4#-ba4#
_iti# udru# u4 5(disz)-kam_
_mu_ am#-mi-di-ta#-na# _lugal#-[e] bad3_ am#-mi-di-ta#-na#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — TJA UMM H 42. 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 (P315373) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P315373..

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