UM 29-15-518

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P228647.

Transliteration

[gi]-ha-an
gi-ha-an siki#
gum2#-gum2#-szu2-[a]
nig2-esir2#-ra
nig2-kusz si-ga
buginx(|A.LAGABxA|)#
buginx(|A.LAGABxA|)(|A.LAGABxA#|)# pisan#
buginx(|A.LAGABxA|)(|A.LAGABxA#|)# zu2#-lum#
buginx(|A.LAGABxA|)(|A.LAGABxA#|)# lu2-[...]
buginx(|A.LAGABxA|) [pe-el-la2]
buginx(|A.LAGABxA|) igi-du8-a#
buginx(|A.LAGABxA|) bur2
ba-an-du
en-[...]-szi-ti

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — UM 29-15-518. 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 (P228647) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P228647..

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