Position in chronology
RA 074, 08
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128018.
Transliteration
1(barig@c) 1(ban2@c) 6(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 dabin gur mah? gu-ti-um-me giri3-gen-na sa-di3-um zi-ga ug3-IL2
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — RA 074, 08. 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 (P128018) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128018..
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