Position in chronology
Lippmann Coll 282
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P472582.
Transliteration
1(barig@c) hub2-bi2 geme2 gibil nig2-banda3 1(barig@c) me-ki-[x] nin-ad2-[gal] 1(barig@c) se-be2#-[tum] 1(barig@c) e2-zi# geme2#-en-[lil2]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — Lippmann Coll 282. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: CL 226 (Carl L. Lippmann Collection, Real Academia de la Historia, Madrid, Spain) — from Adab (mod. Bismaya) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P472582). source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P472582..
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