Position in chronology
Anonymous 271226
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P271226.
Transliteration
2(asz@c) geme2 1(barig@c) 1(asz@c) dumu-munus 2(ban2@c) ugula ma-ma-um-mi 1(disz) x ba-usz2 1(asz@c) geme2 ba-zah3 ugula dar 2(asz@c) geme2 ugula nin-gir2-gal 1(asz@c) geme2 ba#-zah3 ugula x [...] [...]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — Anonymous 271226. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: private: anonymous, unlocated (P271226) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P271226..
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