TCBI 1, 027

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P382279.

Transliteration

[...]
[n] 1(asz@c) geme2# ar3
lu2-diri
4(gesz2@c)# 3(u@c) 4(asz@c) geme2
[n] 3(u@c) geme2 ar3
2(u@c) gurusz
[...]
1(gesz2@c) 7(asz@c) geme2#
tu-ra
nu-szid

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — TCBI 1, 027. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: BdI 1, 023 (Banca d'Italia, Rome, Italy) — from Adab (mod. Bismaya) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P382279). source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P382279..

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