Tutub 40

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P217296.

Transliteration

1(asz@c) sila4 <1(asz@c)> udu
ab-ba#
1(asz@c) sila4 da-num2
1(asz@c) udu i3-lu-[lu]
1(asz@c) udu li#-[lum]
1(asz@c) udu szu-[esz18-dar]
1(asz@c) udu# [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — Tutub 40. 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 (P217296) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P217296..

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