OIP 014, 164

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P216020.

Transliteration

1(barig) 3(ban2) agar4 tur
ur-e2-mah
4(iku@c) GAN2 igi-bar
2(iku@c) esz2-gar3 igi-bar
1(iku@c) GAN2 e2-mah
1(barig)# da gul-la-ba
ur-gu
ugula e2-bur3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — OIP 014, 164. 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 (P216020) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P216020..

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