OSP 2, 056

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P216210.

Transliteration

1(esze3@c) GAN2
GAN2# ab2-za-[na] gal2-la
nig2-sa10-bi
1/3(asz@c) ku3
he2-[szer7]-da#
1(asz@c) [...]
[...]
1(asz@c) lugal-sza3?
1(asz@c) lugal-[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — OSP 2, 056. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P216210) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P216210..

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