Position in chronology
Lippmann Coll 302
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P472602.
Transliteration
2(asz@c) gir# 1(asz@c) gu4# ugu2-du3# 2(asz@c) gir lugal-zi 2(asz@c) gu4 ur-utu 1(asz@c) gu4 a-zu-zu 1(asz@c) gir nimgir-ab#-zu 1(asz@c)# [n] gir# lu2# siki-gi 3(asz@c) ab2#-mah2 ama-ab# 2(asz@c) ab2-mah2# lu2 siki-gi giri3-ne2 gu-la
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — Lippmann Coll 302. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: CL 101 (Carl L. Lippmann Collection, Real Academia de la Historia, Madrid, Spain) — from Adab (mod. Bismaya) ? — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P472602). source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P472602..
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