Fs Kienast, no. 1

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P214929.

Why it matters

Transliteration

ur-nigar-ke4
na-be2-a
lugal-gu10
u3-na-du11
ku6 dam al-il3-a-ba4-ra
mu-na-du11-ga
i3#? igi-du-e
na-ma-szum2
e2-a
nig2 na-me# nu-gal2
gesz-ab-[(x)]
szu he2-us2-e
si-gar ur-nim-ka?-sze3?#
1(asz@c) lu2-durx(LAK545)-um-e
e2 i3-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — Fs Kienast, no. 1. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation (P214929) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P214929..

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