Position in chronology
HSS 10, 190
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P213455.
Transliteration
1(asz@c) bu-zi 2(barig@c) 4(asz@c) _gurusz_ 1(barig@c) 2(asz@c) _geme2!_ 3(ban2@c) 2(asz@c) _dumu-nita_ 3(ban2@c) 2(asz@c) _dumu-nita_ 2(ban2@c) 2(asz@c) _dumu-munus_ 2(ban2@c) 1(asz@c) 4(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) _sze-ba gur_ szu 1(asz@c) _iti_ szunigin 7(asz@c) 2(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) _sze-ba gur_ szu 4(asz@c) _iti_ _dumu_ ab-sza-am ki-na-kum im-hur
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — HSS 10, 190. 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 (P213455) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P213455..
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