Position in chronology
BuB 2, 13
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P214937.
Transliteration
1(asz@c) uruda zabar za-hum 3(asz@c) uruda zabar ma-sza4-lum# 2(asz@c) uruda zabar szu 4(asz@c) gin2 ku3-sig17 1(asz@c) bar-ra-an sagi nig2-ba dingir-i-bi3 PA#-[x]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — BuB 2, 13. 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 (P214937) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P214937..
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