UET 5, 0449

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P283690.

Transliteration

[...] _kiri6_
e#-la-a _dumu_ ur-damu
uri2
_sza3 mu ki 6(disz) i3-si-in_
_zu2-lum_-szu
ma-hi-ir
szu-mar-tu
_dub-sar_
_dumu#_ s,i-li2-[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — UET 5, 0449. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P283690) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P283690..

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