OAIC 16

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215888.

Transliteration

_dam_ i3-li2-kar2-bi
szah2-u2
_ARAD2_ sa-a-mi-isz
dingir-a-zu _dam-gar3_
esz18-dar-al-su
_sipa udu_
a-ma-ri2-isz _tug2_
ba-ni _zabar_
1(barig) _sze_ ga-mi-ru-um

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — OAIC 16. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, USA (P215888) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215888..

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