UCP 10-01, 067

~1950 BCE·Old Babylonian·P248104

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248104.

Why it matters

Transliteration

_4(gesz2) 1(u) 4(asz) sze ba#-ri2#?-ga_
nam-ha-ra-tum sza u2-za-ar-nim
sza a-na# _sal#-la_ szu-un-nu
_mu e2_ esz18-dar _ba-dim2_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — UCP 10-01, 067. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA (P248104) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248104..

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