UET 6, 0697

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P346734.

Transliteration

[...] gakkul3# [...]
[... e2-kur]-ra# ninda he2#-[em-...]
[... kesz2]-kesz2#? lu2 nu-mu-ni?-[...]
[...] x NI kesz2-kesz2 lu2 nu-mu-ni#?-[...]
e2#?-kur#?-ra#?-ke4 inim lugal-la-ga2 [...] gizzal#!? in-ak zu2-kesz2-bi? x [...]
ig-e e2-kur-ra-ke4 gu2-bi he2-em-mi#?-[...]
[...]-bi gu2-gal an-na-ke4 bar-bi? he2-em#-[...]
[...] e2-kur-ra sze-bi gakkul3 x [...]
[...] x e2-kur-ra ninda he2-em-[...]
[...] NI# kesz2-kesz2 lu2 nu-mu#-[...]
[...] za#?-gin3#?-na#? x [...]
[...] x x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — UET 6, 0697. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P346734) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P346734..

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