Position in chronology
OAIC 31
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215903.
Transliteration
1(asz@c) _ansze-kunga2_ 1(asz@c) _kiri6_ u3 1(asz@c) _e2_ szu a-ga-de3 lu-ga-lu-mu-uk
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — OAIC 31. 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 (P215903) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215903..
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