Position in chronology
OSP 2, 076
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P216230.
Transliteration
1(u@c) ku3 gin2 gi4-lum 1(asz@c) ku3 gin2 gesztu 1(asz@c) bi2-za-za igi 3(disz)-gal2 1(asz@c) uri3 ku3 igi 3(disz)-gal2 1(u@c) ku3 gin2 1(asz@c) e2 sar |U.SZA|-pa-e3 ama-nig2-tu nam-gu2-sze3 ba-ni-ak
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — OSP 2, 076. 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 (P216230) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P216230..
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