Lippmann Coll 253

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P472553.

Transliteration

2(u@c) kusz masz2
ummux(|EDIN.A|)-sze3
1(u@c) kusz udu
kusz e-rix(|BU.BU|)-na-sze3
ur-en-lil2
su#-si#
1(asz@c) kusz# udu
kusz esir4-ra
si-si-ge4#-[de3]
2(asz@c) kusz# [...]
du10-gan

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — Lippmann Coll 253. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: CL 205 (Carl L. Lippmann Collection, Real Academia de la Historia, Madrid, Spain) — from Adab (mod. Bismaya) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P472553). source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P472553..

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