Adab 0890

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P217563.

Transliteration

6(disz)# [esz2 |KAxKID|]
3(disz)# [...]
6(disz) [...]-mer#
3(disz) i3-lu-lu#?
3(disz) lugal-im#
3(disz) la-ni
3(disz) ki-bad
3(disz) ur-GAN2-ISZ
3(disz) szu-i3-li2-su
szunigin 3(u) esz2 |KAxKID|
an-ne-szum2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — Adab 0890. 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 (P217563) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P217563..

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