Position in chronology
TCBI 1, 187
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P382439.
Transliteration
[...] lu2#-na#-[nam?] 1(gesz2@c) 3(u@c) 4(asz@c) szubur-tur 2(disz@t) 1(gesz2@c) 1(u@c) 5(asz@c) sag-dingir-tuku 1(gesz2@c) 1(u@c) ildu2-sze3
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — TCBI 1, 187. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Banca d'Italia, Rome, Italy (P382439) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P382439..
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