Position in chronology
HSS 10, 150
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P213415.
Transliteration
[...]-SZE3 [... esz18]-dar [...]-bil3 [...] zu-zu [...] zi3 za libir 1(asz@c) zi3 imgaga3 gur su-ri2-ni i-di3-szum 1(asz@c) 2(barig@c) zi3 dabin gur zi3 su-ri2-ni isz-ma2-dingir tur 3(gesz2@c) 2(u@c) ninda li bappir saga isz#-ma2-dingir gal [n nig2]-ar3-ra gur saga [tab6?]-si-ga [n nig2-ar3]-ra gur saga [...]-x-dingir dam-gar3 [...]-x [...]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — HSS 10, 150. 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 (P213415) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P213415..
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