Adab 0839

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P217544.

Why it matters

Transliteration

la2-ia3 dub-sar-mah
[la2]-ia3 ur-isztaran lu2-u5
dub#-sar-mah
[la2]-ia3 lu2 esz2-gid2
[...] 3(disz) 1/2(disz) nindax(DU) kin bar-ra
[...] kin la2-ia3
i7# esz5-pesz-sza4
u4 3(disz@t)-kam-ma-am3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — Adab 0839. 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 (P217544) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P217544..

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