Lippmann Coll 043

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Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P472343.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(u@c) 2(asz@c) zu2#-[lum] gur#
2(gesz2@c) gurdub ab-szum2
masz lu2 azlag2#-ra
a#-ga#-de3-se3
e-na-szum2
[n zu2]-lum
[n gurdub] ab-szum2
puzur4#-il3-a-ba4
2(barig@c) 3(ban2@c) zu2-lum
5(asz@c) gurdub ab-szum2
gala ma2-gid2
1(barig@c) zu2-lum
2(asz@c) gurdub ab-[szum2]
zu-zu maszkim sze#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — Lippmann Coll 043. 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 (P472343) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P472343..

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