HSS 10, 035

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P213301.

Why it matters

Transliteration

4(asz@c) [...] 1/2(asz@c)# _sila3 sze_ szu _GAN2_ 1(asz@c) [_sar_]
szu-esz18-dar u3 za-zum
4(asz@c) 1/2(asz@c) _sila3 sze_ szu _GAN2_ 1(asz@c) _sar_
zu-ki-ki u3 isz-ma2-dingir
[...] _sila3_ 1/3(asz@c) _sze_ szu# [...]
[...-i3]-li2#-su [...]
[... _sze_ szu] _GAN2_ 1(asz@c) _sar#_
puzur4#-e2-gal [...]
in# a-ri2-ik-di3#-[in]
4(asz@c) _sila3 sze_ szu _GAN2_ 1(asz@c) _sar_
er3-e-en-ti
in bad3-lugal[]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — HSS 10, 035. 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 (P213301) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P213301..

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