TJA UMM H 14

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P315359.

Transliteration

_1(asz) 1(barig) 1(ban2)#? sze gur_
a-na# e#-s,e-di-im
_inim dub#-[a]-ni nu-me-[a]_
_ki#_ amar#-utu#-mu-ba-li2-it,# a#-bi _erin2-[mesz]_
ib-ni-amar-utu _dumu_ be-la-nu-um#
_szu ba-an-ti_
_u4# buru14-[sze3]_
e-s,i-di i-[il-la-ku]
[u2]-ul# i-[il-la-ku-ma]
ki-ma s,i-im#-[da-at szar-ri]
_igi_ a-wi-il-suen [...]
_igi_ sza!-al-lu-rum _ugula_ [...]
_dumu_ ha-zi-ru#!-um# x [...]
_iti# sze-sag10-ku5 u4 2(u) 4(disz)-kam_
_mu#_ am#-mi-di-ta-na _lugal-e# bad3#-da# BAD3 dam-qi2-i3-li2-szu bi2#-in-du3!-a bi2#-in#-gul-la

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — TJA UMM H 14. 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 (P315359) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P315359..

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