Position in chronology
UET 6, 0032
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P346117.
Transliteration
[...] x [...]-ne-ne# lil2#?-la2#!? nam-mu-ni-ib-da13-da13 [e]-ne-eg3-zu-sze3 nu-sze-ga ga2-e nu-ti-la nu-me-en u3#-mu-un-gu10 x x e-ne kal-la-gu10 [... ]en#-ki#?-za-ke4-esz [...]-NE#?-esz [...]-di-in [...]-KA [...]-en [...]-me#?-en [...]-an#-x [...] DU [...]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — UET 6, 0032. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: British Museum, London, UK (P346117) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P346117..
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