Lippmann Coll 020

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Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P472320.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(asz@c) ku3 har# hu#-la#
ki-la2-bi 1/3(asz@c)
1(asz@c) tug2 na-asz2-pa2-ru
1(asz@c) tug2 saga szu du7-a bala
1(asz@c) tug2 usz-bar bala
1(asz@c) i3 du10-ga saman4 2(disz) sila3
1(asz@c) esir5 e2-ba
be-li2-il3-a-ba4
1(asz@c) tug2 usz-bar bala
e-li-isz-ta2-kal2
lu2-ku
nig2-mul-na
lugal-[a]
mu-de6#-[esz2?]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — Lippmann Coll 020. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Carl L. Lippmann Collection, Real Academia de la Historia, Madrid, Spain (P472320) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P472320..

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