Position in chronology
TMH 05, 093
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P020507.
Transliteration
3(asz@c) udu 2(asz@c) [...] ur-dam# [...] 1(asz@c) ud5 [...] 1(asz@c) masz2 lugal-[...]-x al-zi
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — TMH 05, 093. 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 (P020507) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P020507..
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