Fs Sommerfeld & Krebernik 514-545 06

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P433197.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[...] x
5(asz@c) sila4 nita2 6(asz@c@90) kir11 bar-gal2
nita
[n?] 2(u@c) la2 3(disz@t) u8# [n] 2(u@c) 3(asz@c) utua#
[ur]-en-[ki]
5(u@c) 2(asz@c) u8 2(u@c) 4(asz@c) utua
2(asz@c) sila4-nita2 2(asz@c@90) kir11 bar-gal2 igi-sze3
3(u@c) 4(asz@c) u8 a-zu-zu
ur-abzu#
1(gesz2@c) 2(u@c) 2(asz@c) [n] u8 4(u@c) [n utua]
3(asz@c)#? [...]
[szu]-nigin2 [...] 2(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) [n] 5(disz@t) u8 [n sila4]-nita2 [...] ur4 [x?] igi#-du8
[dub si-sa2]-a# [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — Fs Sommerfeld & Krebernik 514-545 06. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (P433197) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P433197..

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