Position in chronology
BuB 2, 09
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P214933.
Transliteration
[n] gu4 mar-tu 4(asz@c) udu 1(asz@c) masz2 1(u@c) (n) ninda gug2 [n] dug# kasz nin#-dingir ba-ba6 mu#-kux(DU)
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — BuB 2, 09. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation (P214933) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P214933..
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