UET 6, 0146

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P346231.

Transliteration

[...] x bar#? kankal ki dab5?-ba-gin7 PAP? NE? nu-mu-x
x ka#-giri3-a? giri3-us2-sa-gin7 du-lumx(MURGU2) ba-an-DU?-DU#?
e2?-garx(MURGU2) sza3 sur3?-za zi szub#-zu du3-du3-a-gin7 ur2#?-gu10 ba-da-zal?
ansze-edin-na DA SZESZ x x aga-kar2 ba-an-si-ge
ur-mah ub4 nig2-husz szub-ba x [...] x TAR#? ERIM#? DU? nu-tuku
en-nu-ug3 en-<nu>-ug3 nu-me-a nam-usz2-ta? sa2#?-a
u2 nu-nu2-nu2 nig2-gig-ga sza3-gu10-usz? ba-an-ku4-a#? sza3 hul ba-an-sur-re-en
nam-kal mu2-a du10-ga-gu10 gu7-e ib2? ir? da ba-RI?
x x u3-tu-da x-gu10 an-gin7 mu-da#-su13 ki-x-ASZ mu-da-ku4
[...] x DI-DI x HI SZESZ ba-la2-la2 ba KAM IL2?
UD#? x x nam-tag nu-zu-gu10 sag x a#? ba-su13-u4-de3#?
buru5 e-ne-sze3 mi-ni#-in-ur4-ur4 musz3-zu nu-pa3-de3
sza3 ib2-ba sza3 gur-ru PA-du3 in-x-x-ba?
gaba gur-ru sza3-la# su13 gi4 gur-ru szu dab5-ba za-kam

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — UET 6, 0146. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P346231) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P346231..

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