MAD 5, 077

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215400.

Transliteration

3(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) _<sze>_ mu#-[...]-sa-[...]
2(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) _sze gu7#_
ah-ri2-um
4(asz@c) 3(barig@c) _sze sag-gal2_
ba-ni-um
_sze_ hu-bu-lim
be-li2-bara2
_e3_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — MAD 5, 077. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P215400) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215400..

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