4R2 35, 8 (P395698)
Official or display, Old Babylonian, Uruk · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | 4R2 35, 8 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395698 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Official or display |
| Find spot | Uruk (mod. Warka) |
| Coordinates | 31.3234, 45.6395 |
English translation
By Michalowski, Piotr; Beckman, Gary; Firth, Richard · Via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI (reuse with citation)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| obverse 1 | The year in which King Rim-Anum, |
| obverse 2 | the (forces of) the land of Emutbalum, |
| obverse 3 | the armies of Eshnunna, Isin |
| obverse 4 | and Kazallu, as if all together (with him), |
| obverse 5 | presented themselves at Uruk for war. |
| obverse 6 | Uruk(?), since time immemorial, had never experienced (such) a dust storm (raised by a foreign army), |
| obverse 8 | ...(?) by his power he inflicted defeat upon them; |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | mu# ri-im-{d}a-nu-um lugal-e | |
| 2 | ma#-da ia#-mu-ut-ba-a-lum{ki} | |
| 3 | ugnim# esz3-nun-na{ki} i3-si-in | |
| 4 | [ka]-zal#-lu e-ne-bi-da-gin7 | |
| 5 | [unu{ki}]-sze3# me3-a in-szi-su8-re-esz-am3 | |
| 6 | [unu?{ki?}] nig2-ul-ta sahar-ra la-ba-dub?-a-ba | |
| 7 | [...]-us2?-am3 | |
| 8 | [... nam-a2]-gal#-a-ni-ta gar3-dar-a-bi i3-ni-in-gar-ra | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
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