HSS 10, 136

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P213401.

Why it matters

Transliteration

ni-gid2-de3-um
2(barig@c) _sze_
a-bu#-li
im-hu-ra
_sze e2_ zu-zu
1(asz@c) _sze gur_
in#? la-ma-szum
a-bu-li
im-hur
3(asz@c) _ziz2 gur_
tir-ku3
im-hur
in nisz2-be

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — HSS 10, 136. 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 (P213401) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P213401..

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