OSP 2, 085

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P216239.

Transliteration

2(gesz2@c) 3(asz@c) szum2 [kab2-ku5]
sza3-ga-ni
GAN2 igi-nim-ma
4(gesz2@c) 2(ban2@c) ur-tir
GAN2 en-zi-kalam-ma
3(u@c) 2(ban2@c) kab2-ku5
lu-lil-la
1(gesz2@c) 1(u@c) 2(ban2@c) sag-dingir-tuku
2(u@c) 2(ban2@c) kar-sa6
2(gesz2@c)#? 2(ban2@c) ne#-sag
GAN2 banda3
3(gesz2@c) 2(u@c) 3(ban2@c) <<la2 3(ban2)>> la2 3(disz) sila3 lugal-iti-da
GAN2 igi-nim-ma-tur

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — OSP 2, 085. 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 (P216239) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P216239..

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