OIP 014, 126

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215982.

Transliteration

3(disz) sila3 la2 2/3(disz) i3-szah2
kusz-e ak-de3
isz11-be-e2-li-li
1(disz) sila3 ama-masz-e-ne
aszgi-da-lu
ba#-tum2
szunigin 4(disz) sila3 la2 2/3(disz) i3-szah2
i3 zi-ga ur-dingir-ra-kam

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — OIP 014, 126. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA (P215982) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215982..

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