UET 6, 0092

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P346177.

Transliteration

en gu4? KA? x [...] x [...]
nun gal gesz-he2 urasz!?(UR) ku3#-gin7? gub-bu a2? [...]
sul utu AN x tal2 kur-kur ug3 lu-a! dagal#? nam?-[...]
ur-sag gal kal a-nun-na-e-ne me-ni dingir na-me sag nu-ga2-ga2
ku3-zu nig2-nam-ma gizzal nig2-si-sa2 za3? nu-sza4#?
ur-sag sul utu du11-ga dugud inim zi-de3 nam-dingir-ra-ni za3 nu-sa2!
u4 dingir ulu3? gal dingir-re-e-ne ki#-tusz mah ki#? ku3-ga-kam
ug3 kur-kur ki-bi gi4-gi4-de3 lugal-bi-ir nam-ti#? szum2-mu-de3#?
gesz-hur#? garza dingir-re-e-ne gal-bi x-e-de3 sza3 ku3-ga zi-de3-esz nam-tum2-e#?
u4 <...>-la? en-lil2-le mes zi isimu2-e? ba?-du3?
ri-im-nanna-gu10 nam-bara2? ga ubur sub? immal2? gal?-la-asz?
larsa kur szuba4-ta? igi il2-la-ni zi-de3-esz mu-ni-in-gal2?
sipa#? <sag?>-gig?-ga?-ni-sze3 sza3-ga-na hul2 HAR?-ra? x x zi-de3-esz silim du11-du11
sag#-ki zalag-ga-ni igi? he-mu-szi-in-bar-x-x
x utu?

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — UET 6, 0092. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P346177) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P346177..

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