Lippmann Coll 050

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P472350.

Transliteration

2(u@c) 1(asz@c) haszhur# gurdub#
1(u@c) 4(asz@c) ku6-sag gurdub
1(u@c) 2(asz@c) zu2-lum gurdub
a#-mur-um

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — Lippmann Coll 050. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: CL 181 (Carl L. Lippmann Collection, Real Academia de la Historia, Madrid, Spain) — from Adab (mod. Bismaya) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P472350). source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P472350..

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