Position in chronology
Adab 0752
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P217521.
Transliteration
la2-ia3 7(asz@c) ma-na ninda e2-mah 1(u) 5(disz) e2-GAN2-ISZ [6(disz)] aszgi2 8(disz) 2/3(disz) iszkur 3(asz@c) inanna# szunigin 4(u) ma-na la2 1/3(disz) ninda la2-ia3-am3
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — Adab 0752. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA (P217521) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P217521..
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