Position in chronology
Anonymous 271229
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P271229.
Transliteration
2(gesz2@c) ninda 2(asz@c) e2-tur 2(gesz2@c) ninda 2(asz@c) ma-u2 2(gesz2@c) ninda 2(asz@c) ur-szer7-da 2(gesz2@c) ninda 2(asz@c) ur-nu 2(gesz2@c) ninda 2(asz@c) i3-la-la iti szu-gar nu-banda3 GAN2 gaba-gi-gal-sze3 an-da-gub
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — Anonymous 271229. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: private: anonymous, unlocated (P271229) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P271229..
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