Position in chronology
Tutub 07
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P217263.
Transliteration
[...] u3#? 1(asz@c) [...] _dumu#?_ dingir-ba-ni isz#?-te4 munus-asar x-ti dingir-en-unu?-e 1(asz@c) i3-li2-li2 szesz dingir-su-a-ha isz#-te4 a-bi2-ur-sag [...] _dumu_ suen-e2
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — Tutub 07. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA (P217263) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P217263..
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