USP 65

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P217421.

Transliteration

3(gesz2@c) 3(u@c) sze gur sag-gal2
ki lugal-en8-tar-su3
1(u@c) [n] sze gur
ki lugal-maszkim-e-ta#
5(asz@c)# sze gur#
ki di-utu-ta#
2(u@c) 6(asz@c) 2(barig) sze [gur]
3(u@c) nig2-ar3-ra#
lu2# mar-za-[x]-ta
szunigin 4(gesz2@c) 3(u@c) n 2(asz@c) 2(barig)# [sze] gur [(...)]
x [...]
szu# ba-ti#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — USP 65. 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 (P217421) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P217421..

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