Adab 0815

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P217536.

Transliteration

1(asz@c) geme2 1(u) 5(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
an-tum3
1(u) gin2 ku3-babbar-sze3
al-kal-la
mu lugal-gesz-sze3
gesz-a i3-na-ta-bala
gissu maszkim-bi
1(asz@c) gin2 ku3-babbar zabar
i3-na-la2
1(asz@c) ur-nigar#
dam-gar3#
1(asz@c) nin-masz-e
1(asz@c) nin-nam
lu2-ki-inim-ma-bi-me

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — Adab 0815. 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 (P217536) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P217536..

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