Position in chronology
MAD 1, 307
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215135.
Transliteration
1(barig@c) tiszpak-kum 1(barig@c) szu-i3-li2-su 1(barig@c) er3-da-bu3 1(barig@c) ARAD2-su2-ni 1(barig@c) dingir-ba-ni 1(barig@c) i3-lu-lu [1(barig@c)] i-za-mar 1(barig@c)# saga-dingir
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — MAD 1, 307. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA (P215135) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215135..
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