MVN 03, 085

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215737.

Transliteration

1(u@c) 5(asz@c) sze gur
sa10 ur-gu munu4-mu2
1(u@c) ur-PA dumu lugal-kar-ra-u2-tuku
1(u@c) 2(barig@c) sila-ta
dumu za3-mu-sag-NI-NI
4(asz@c) la2 1(barig@c) dam
lugal-u3-ma
i3-ra-ni
x szah2 nig2 gu7-a-me

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — MVN 03, 085. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P215737) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215737..

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