OAIC 21

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215893.

Transliteration

3(disz) _sila3 zi3-gu_
1(disz) _sila3 szu-i_
1(disz) _sila3 ku3-babbar_-sa
1(disz) _sila3 ansze-libir-munus_
szu a-na
szu-ni-tum
a-di3-na

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — OAIC 21. 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 (P215893) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215893..

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