CST 018

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P212942.

Why it matters

Transliteration

3(bur'u@c) GAN2
agar4 amar-u2-ga
3(bur'u@c) PAP GAN2
agar4 edin-hu#?-[...]-gid2#?
1(bur'u@c) 2(bur3@c) PAP GAN2
agar4 a-mer-za-tur3
1(bur'u@c) PAP GAN2
agar4 bar-bar-ra
2(bur'u@c) pap GAN2
agar4 da-pesz3
szunigin 1(szar2@c) 4(bur'u@c) 2(bur3@c) GAN2
a-sza3 dab5-ba
e3-t,ib-me-er

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — CST 018. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK (P212942) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P212942..

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