HSS 10, 010

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P213276.

Why it matters

Transliteration

en-ma#
ur-sa6
a-na i3-li2
qi2-bi2-ma
[1(asz@c)] a-hu-su4-nu
1(asz@c) bi2-sa-sa
1(asz@c) i3-li2-isz-ta2-kal2
in _e2_ ki-sze3-er-tim
[a]-di3#-ma
[a]-la-kam
li-isz-bu
1(barig@c) _gu2-gu2 gal-gal_
1(barig@c) _gu2-gu2 tur-tur_
li-se11-bi-lam

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — HSS 10, 010. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (P213276) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P213276..

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