UET 5, 0711

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P415581.

Transliteration

1(disz) u-bar-ru-um szu-i
1(disz) ARAD#-[...] dumu bu-ra
1(disz) suen-isz-me-ni dumu im-gur-suen#
1(disz) dingir-szu-na-s,ir dumu im-gur-suen#
1(disz) lu2-lugal-gir3-ra
1(disz) [suen]-ga-mil dumu ip-qu2-sza
1(disz) i-din-ia-tum
1(disz) az-zi dumu sa3-su-um
ma-an-nu-um-ki-ma-suen
1(disz) im-gur-suen dumu [mu-ha]-du#-um#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — UET 5, 0711. 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 (P415581) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P415581..

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