Lippmann Coll 211

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P472511.

Transliteration

1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) 5(disz) sila3 zi3 gig
ma-ma-um-mi
3(barig@c) nin-nig2
2(barig@c) 4(ban2@c) asz-dar
1(barig@c) ta2-ni2
2(barig@c) nin-ad2-gal
1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) 5(disz) sila3 nig2-banda3
3(ban2@c) nin-nig2-zu
[4(ban2@c)] me#-nigin3#-ta
szunigin 3(asz@c) 4(ban2@c) zi3# gig gur
bar-ra gal2-la
[ki] siki-ke4-ne-kam
[iti] du6#-ku3#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — Lippmann Coll 211. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: CL 121 (Carl L. Lippmann Collection, Real Academia de la Historia, Madrid, Spain) — from Adab (mod. Bismaya) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P472511). source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P472511..

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