Position in chronology
RTC 112
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P216891.
Transliteration
3(u@c) la2 2(asz@c) ninda 2(asz@c) kasz gur4-gur4 szar-ru-la-ba 2(u@c) la2 2(asz@c) ninda 1(asz@c) kasz gur4-gur4 me-sag2 lu2 kuruszda lugal zi#-ga
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — RTC 112. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P216891) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P216891..
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