TCBI 1, 070

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P382322.

Transliteration

1(asz@c) lugal-an-ne2
dumu ur-ME
1(asz@c) igi-ni
dumu du-du
1(asz@c) ur-dam
dumu nig2-u-ta
1(asz@c) za3-mu
dumu ur-gu
1(asz@c) ur-tur
1(asz@c) e2-dam-si
dumu an-ne2
1(asz@c) da-num2
dumu gissu#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — TCBI 1, 070. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Banca d'Italia, Rome, Italy (P382322) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P382322..

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