USP 63

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The world it comes from

The world's first empire under Sargon.

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From the same catalogue range (near P217419)

Transliteration

3(asz@c) gurdub zu2-lum
3(asz@c) gurdub gazi
1(asz@c) banszur gada
1(asz@c) gurdub hab2 gada
me-sag2
na-be2-a
ku-li-mu
u3-na-du11
a-szi-an-ne2 ma-ak
il8-at-e-li
ama-bara2-e ba-na-de6
4(disz@t) mu 1(u) 1(disz@t) iti

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — USP 63. 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 (P217419) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P217419..

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