TMH 05, 126

~2270 BCE·Akkadian Empire·P020540

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Transliteration

1(u@c) 2(asz@c) 4(barig@c) _sze gur_
szu _kasz_
3(asz@c) 1(barig@c) _sze gur_
szu _nig2-ar3-ra_
2(asz@c) 2(barig@c) _sze gur_
szu _munu4_
_e3 diri_
1(u@c) 4(asz@c) _sze gur_ 3(asz@c) _iti_ 5(asz@c) _u4_
szu na-az-na-ru-um
4(asz@c) _sze gur_ 1(asz@c) _iti_
dingir-kal
_e3_ szu-esz18-dar

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — TMH 05, 126. 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 (P020540) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P020540..

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