HSS 10, 082

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P213348.

Why it matters

Transliteration

3(asz@c) 3(barig@c) 3(ban2@c) 4(disz@t) [_sila3] sze gur si-[sa2_]
ti-ri2-ku5
2(asz@c) 1(ban2@c) 7(disz@t) _sila3 sze gur si-sa2_
a-hu-du10
a#-na-szum-sza3
im#-hu-ra
_sze_ szu na-ni-x
_iti_ ha-ni-[it]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — HSS 10, 082. 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 (P213348) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P213348..

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