CUSAS 26, 078

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P427633.

Transliteration

4(u@c) la2 1(asz@c) u8
1(gesz2@c) 1(u@c) udu-nita
7(asz@c) ud5
5(asz@c) LAK020
udu mi-isz-ti-ti-kam
ensi2-da
a-ga-de3#-sze3
ba-da-lah5
iti ga2-udu-ur4
mu i7-mes-ki-gal-la
al-dun-na

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — CUSAS 26, 078. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: private: anonymous, unlocated (P427633) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P427633..

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