TJA UMM G 09

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P315333.

Transliteration

_6(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2) sze gur
7(disz) 1/2(disz) gin ku3#-babbar
li-ib-bu ma-na-ah-ti _a-sza3_
sza ib-ni-isz8-tar2 _dumu_ ku-bu-tum#
e-li suen-dingir
ir#-szu-u2
_u4# buru14#-sze3#_
a#-na# na-asz ka-ni-ki-[szu]
[6(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2) _sze gur_]
[...]
[...] _gin2# ku3#-babbar_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — TJA UMM G 09. 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 (P315333) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P315333..

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