MCS 9, 262

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215533.

Transliteration

1(asz@c) masz2
5(asz@c) ku6 dar-ra
1(gesz'u@c) ku6 giri3-us2
ensi2 unu#-ga
1(asz@c) udu kur
1(u@c) la2 1(asz@c) nunuz uz
1(gesz2@c)# 2(u@c)# ku6# dar#-ra
5(gesz2@c)# ku6# giri3#-us2
pa4-szesz unu-ga

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — MCS 9, 262. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: World Museum Liverpool, Liverpool, UK (P215533) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215533..

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