Position in chronology
HSS 10, 078
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P213344.
Transliteration
1(asz@c) dabin gur a-ra2 1(disz@t)-kam 2(barig@c) 3(ban2@c) dabin! a-ra2 2(disz@t)-kam 1(barig@c) 3(ban2@c) dabin! a-ra2 3(disz@t)-kam 5(ban2@c) dabin! a-ra2 4(disz@t)-kam 1(barig@c) 1(ban2@c) 5(disz@t) sila3 dabin a-ra2 5(disz@t)-kam
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — HSS 10, 078. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (P213344) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P213344..
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