Position in chronology
MRAH O.5084
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P453025.
Transliteration
3(ban2@c)#? zi3-sig15-ga e2 inanna-sze3 hi-li-za in-kux(DU) ur-a2 maszkim-bi zi3 zi-ga i-szar-ru-um itix(|UD@sxBAD|) du6-ku3
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — MRAH O.5084. 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 (P453025) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P453025..
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