MAD 1, 320

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215148.

Transliteration

1(asz@c) er3-ra-ra
4(barig@c) sza-an
dumu nu-ru-um
1(asz@c) dingir-na-s,i2-ir
3(barig@c) sza-mi-um
dumu puzur4-a-bi
3(barig@c) a-zu-dingir
dumu mu-mu
[n] i3-li2-bi-la-ni
dumu# i-za-mar
[...]-AN
dumu# a-bi2-bi2
[szunigin n sze] gur

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — MAD 1, 320. 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 (P215148) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215148..

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