Lippmann Coll 255

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P472555.

Transliteration

1(u@c) esir4 e2-ba
ur-a2
gala-bi-da
e-ne-szum2
iti ga2-udu-ur4

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — Lippmann Coll 255. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: CL 187 (Carl L. Lippmann Collection, Real Academia de la Historia, Madrid, Spain) — from Adab (mod. Bismaya) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P472555). source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P472555..

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