TMH 05, 180

~2270 BCE·Akkadian Empire·P020594

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P020594.

Transliteration

[...]
lugal-kar
[...] sag-en-lil2-da
7(asz@c) en-me-te-na
6(disz) lu2-tug2
amar-kun
6(disz) en-lil2-sipa
6(disz) KA-zi-da
6(disz) lugal-szud3
6(disz) [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — TMH 05, 180. 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 (P020594) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P020594..

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