Position in chronology
TMH 05, 037
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P020451.
Transliteration
1(barig@c) sze he2-li 1(barig@c) nin-gu-la 1(barig@c) nin-HAR-ni 1(barig@c) nin-er2-re2 [...] nin-gesz [...] nin-gi7 [...] e2-i-nu-tuku# [...] x x [...] [iti] ziz2-[a] mu# na-ra-am-suen sza-ab-bu-nu-um mu-hul-a
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — TMH 05, 037. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Germany (P020451) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P020451..
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