MCS 9, 258

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215529.

Transliteration

1(asz@c) [szar GAN2 ...]
2(ban2@c) KA [sze?]
a-sza3-bi [4(u) 9(disz) szar]
4(asz) 2(ban2) ziz2 gur# sag-gal2 si-[sa2]
sze gesz ra-[a]
agar4 a-sza3 la2-tur
a-sza3 szara2
da-da nin-kal-la
ad-da-tur
ka-guru7 szu ba-ti
ur-tesz2 maszkim

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — MCS 9, 258. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: World Museum Liverpool, Liverpool, UK (P215529) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215529..

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