TJA UMM H 61

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P315380.

Transliteration

[...] x x
[...]-ri#-im-ia?
[...]-ia-a-tum _dumu_ a-hi-lu-mur
[_szu]-ba-an-ti_
[_u4] buru14#-sze3_ erin2 sze gur10-ku5_
[i]-il-la-ak
u2-ul i-il-la-ak-ma
ki-ma s,i-im-da-at _lugal_
[_igi_] sze#-le#-bu _dumu_ ib-ni-[amar]-utu _szusz3_
[_igi_ suen-na-di-in]-szu#-mi _dumu_ x x x x

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — TJA UMM H 61. 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 (P315380) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P315380..

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