Position in chronology
MRAH O.5058
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P452996.
Transliteration
1(asz@c) ninda gug2 1(ban2)#? sila3 3(asz@c)# ninda gug2 5(disz@t)# sila3 e2-mah 2(asz@c) ninda gug2 1(ban2) 1(asz@c) ninda gug2 5(disz@t) sila3 e2-GAN2-ISZ 1(asz@c) ninda gug2 1(ban2) 1(asz@c) ninda gug2 5(disz@t) sila3 5(asz@c) sila3 ninda sag-szum2 1(asz) ninda gug2 1(disz@t) sila3 e2-|ASZxBAD|-za szunigin 4(asz@c) ninda gug2 1(ban2) szunigin 5(asz@c) ninda gug2 5(disz@t) sila3 szunigin 5(asz@c) sila3 ninda sag szum2 szunigin 1(u@c) ninda gug2#? 1(disz@t) sila3
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — MRAH O.5058. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Musées royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Brussels, Belgium (P452996) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P452996..
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