Lippmann Coll 289

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P472589.

Transliteration

1(asz@c) da-[x]-ba-an
1(asz@c) amar-szubax(|MUSZ3xZA|)#
1(asz@c) nig2-na-ga
simug
1(asz@c) lugal-engar-zi
1(asz@c) lu2-banda3
nagar-me
1(asz@c) inim-ma-ni-zi
1(asz@c) lugal-lu
1(asz@c) a-ba-en-lil2
ad-kup4#-[me]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — Lippmann Coll 289. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: CL 159 (Carl L. Lippmann Collection, Real Academia de la Historia, Madrid, Spain) — from Adab (mod. Bismaya) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P472589). source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P472589..

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