CST 012

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P212937.

Transliteration

2(iku@c) sze GAN2#
gala ni-is-[qu2]
4(iku@c) sze 1(iku@c) 1/4(iku@c) UD@g@v
he2-saman3
1/2(iku@c) sze 1/2(iku@c) 1/4(iku@c) UD@g@v
ur-esz3
dumu# he2-saman3
szunigin 1(esze3@c) 1/2(iku@c) sze 2(iku@c) UD@g@v
a-sza3 gid2-da sze had2-a
ki lugal apin-la2
agar4 sila3-du
za3-mu gu-sur
6(disz@t) mu 4(disz@t) iti#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — CST 012. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK (P212937) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P212937..

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