Position in chronology
ViOr 6, 15
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P217446.
Transliteration
1(u@c) gin2 ku3-babbar 1(asz@c) udu lugal-bara2 1(asz@c) udu lugal-du11-ga 1(asz@c) masz2 tul2-la 1(asz@c) udu maszkim#! masz2-da-ri-a
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — ViOr 6, 15. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK (P217446) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P217446..
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