Anonymous 270828

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P270828.

Transliteration

3(szar2@c) 5(gesz'u@c) 5(gesz2@c) 5(u) la2 2(disz@t) szum2-ma
GAN2 e2-szul-la
szu-a gi4-a
e2-sur-si?
a-mah#?
inim-ma i3#?-zi?
ur-nin-mug?

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — Anonymous 270828. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: private: anonymous, unlocated (P270828) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P270828..

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