HUCA 49, 016 & 051 14

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P342773.

Transliteration

2(iku@c) GAN2 ansze ba-gub
a-ka-du3
4(iku@c) 1/4(iku@c) nig2-NI sanga
2(iku@c) 1/4(iku@c) u2#-u2-ildu3
2(iku@c) 1/4(iku@c) nagar-gal
1(iku@c) ur-en-ne2-zu
1/2(iku@c) 1/4(iku@c) an-na

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC) ?) — HUCA 49, 016 & 051 14. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: New York Public Library, New York, New York, USA (P342773) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P342773..

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