Adab 0727

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P217511.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze kasz gur sa2-du11-ta
u4 7(disz@t)-sze3
3(ban2)# 7(disz) sila3 la2 1(u) gin2 sze ninda
1(ban2)# 2(disz) sila3 ziz2 ninda [...]
u4# 5(disz)-[sze3]
1(barig@c) la2 3(disz) sila3 sze# kasz-ta
u4 8(disz@t)-sze3
3(ban2@c) la2 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 sze ninda-ta
6(disz) sila3 [...]
u4 [n-sze3]
szunigin 1(u@c) 3(asz@c)#? [n sila3 ... sze gur]
szunigin 2(asz@c) la2 1(barig@c) [n x sila3 ziz2 gur]
musz-[lah6]
im#?-[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — Adab 0727. 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 (P217511) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P217511..

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