Adab 0684

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P217488.

Why it matters

Transliteration

2(gesz'u@c)# 5(gesz2@c) 2(u@c) 5(asz@c) 1(barig@c) 3(ban2@c) sze gur
en-abzu maszkim
1(gesz'u@c) 7(gesz2@c) la2 9(asz@c) sze gur
GAN2 za-til
GAN2 GAN2-ISZ
inim-ma maszkim
[...] 3(gesz2@c) 4(u@c) 7(asz@c) 1(barig@c) sze [gur]
[szunigin-szunigin] 7(gesz2@c) 1(u@c) 1(asz@c)# 1(barig@c)#? 3(ban2@c) 5(disz) sila3 sze gur
szunigin-szunigin 1(asz@c) ma-na 4(asz@c) gin2 igi 4(disz@t) sze 2(disz@t) 1/2(disz) ku3-babbar masz GAN2
szunigin-szunigin 4(u@c) 3(asz@c) udu ku3 udu sze 2(u) 2(disz@t) 1/2(disz)
pa#-LAGAB#-pa-LAGAB-ba
[...] gub#-ba
[...]-am3#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — Adab 0684. 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 (P217488) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P217488..

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