NM 44.0017

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P212413.

Transliteration

1(asz@c) 3(barig@c) sze gur a-ga-de3
1(ban2@c) zi3 imgaga3
1(ban2@c) nig2-ar3-ra
wa-da-ru-um
x sze [x x]
dumu-me-szar
1(asz@c) sze gur
2(barig@c) dabin
1(ban2@c) dabin sa
1(asz@c) szim
1(asz@c) gin2 ku3
1(asz@c) sila3 i3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — NM 44.0017. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Nicholson Museum, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia (P212413) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P212413..

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