MCS 9, 266

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215537.

Transliteration

1(bur3@c) 1(esze3@c) GAN2
ur-me-ga dub-sar#
1(bur3@c) sag#-[...]
mar#-tu
[n la2] 2(asz@c)# NIG2-ul
[n] 1(esze3)# 3(iku@c) GAN2
ur#-lamma
dub#-sar
szunigin# 3(bur3@c) 2(esze3@c) GAN2 numun ga2-ra
agar4 ni#-ha#
du-du sagi#
i3-dab5

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — MCS 9, 266. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: World Museum Liverpool, Liverpool, UK (P215537) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215537..

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