TJA UMM H 79

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P315382.

Transliteration

_1(asz)? sze_
[a]-na e-s,e-di-im
[_ki_ szum-szu]-nu _ensi2_
[ib]-ni#-iszkur _nagar_
_[szu] ba-an-ti_
_[u4] buru14-sze3_
[e]-s,i#-di i-il-la-ak
[u2]-ul# i-il-la-ak-ma
[ki-ma s,i-im]-da-at szar-ri
[_igi_] suen-na-di-im-szu#-mi
ra-bi-a-nu
[_igi_] ARAD-ku-bi _lu2 nar_
_iti bara2-za3-gar u4 1(u) 8(disz)-kam_
_mu#_ am#-mi-s,a-du-qa2 _lugal-e sipa# zi sze-ga_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — TJA UMM H 79. 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 (P315382) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P315382..

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