Position in chronology
CT 50, 129
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P213035.
Transliteration
4(gesz2) 2(u@c) ku6 dar-ra 1(gesz2@c) ku6 ab-suhur#? ur-gigir2 mu-kux(DU)
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — CT 50, 129. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: BM 086318 (British Museum, London, UK) — from Girsu (mod. Tello) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P213035). source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P213035..
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