Position in chronology
HSS 10, 088
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P213354.
Transliteration
2(u@c) 3(asz@c) 2(barig@c) 3(ban2@c) _sze gur_ ha-ma-da-ru-um 1(u@c) 2(asz@c) _sze gur_ ra-bi2-dingir 2(u@c) 6(asz@c) _sze gur_ uh-lu-uk _sze gesz ra_ zu-zu _sa12-du5_ in nisz2-be
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — HSS 10, 088. 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 (P213354) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P213354..
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