Adab 0932

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P217576.

Transliteration

2(esze3@c) <GAN2> sze-ga-ze2
nu-banda3
1(barig@c) ugula
3(ban2@c) erin2
sze-ga-ze2
[...] nu-banda3
2(ban2@c) ugula
1(ban2@c) [erin2]
sze [...]-am3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — Adab 0932. 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 (P217576) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P217576..

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