UET 6, 0572

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P346609.

Transliteration

[... PA a lu2] izi ra-ra ama-ni x HUB2#-ba ba-[...]
[... ]ama#-uszumgal-an-na PA a lu2 izi ra-ra ama-ni# [...]
[...] x a# gurusz#? gurusz-a nam-gurusz [...]
[...] a#?! su8-ba dumu-zi-da gurusz-a nam-gurusz [...]
[...]-e# er2-ra sza3 sag3-ga-ni er2 nu-usz-gul-e sig7#?-[sig7 ...]
[... ]dumu-zi er2-ra sza3 sag3-ga-ni er2 nu-usz-gul-e sig7#?-[sig7 ...]
[...] x a-nir-ra sze? sza4? u4 mi-ni-[...]
[...] su#?-mu-ug-ga sza3 x sza3#? [...] u4 mi-ni#-[...]
[...]-ra# x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — UET 6, 0572. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P346609) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P346609..

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