OSP 2, 020

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P216171.

Transliteration

[...] _gin2 ku3-sig17_
[...]
[...] _gin2_
[1(asz@c)] _a2 u3 1(asz@c) ur2 [gab2_]
[a]-na# 1(asz@c) pa2-ni la-ah-[me] _tur#?_
ad-da-ki
_mu#-kux(DU)_
im-hur

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — OSP 2, 020. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P216171) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P216171..

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