Position in chronology
OAIC 45
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215917.
Transliteration
[...] _dumu_ ARAD2-su2-ni a-na i-su-gi a-na gu4-gu4 _gin2 uruda_ _aszgab_ szu-ut _sig4_ [...] da-ni-a na-bi2-um [...]-zu tab-ni [...]-ni [...]-ib
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — OAIC 45. 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 (P215917) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215917..
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