Lippmann Coll 072

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Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P472372.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(gesz2@c) 3(u@c) 3(asz@c) gesztin gal-gal
2(gesz2@c) 1(u@c) gesztin tur-tur
a-ra2 1(disz@t)-kam
1(gesz2@c) 1(u@c) 1(asz@c) gesztin gal-gal
2(gesz2@c) 2(u@c) la2 2(asz@c) gesztin tur-tur
a-ra2 2(disz@t)-kam
szunigin 2(gesz2@c) 4(u@c) 4(asz@c)# gesztin gal
szunigin 3(gesz2@c) 3(u@c) la2 2(asz@c) gesztin tur-tur
e2#-gal gibil
ba-kux(KWU636)
iti# szu-gar

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — Lippmann Coll 072. 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 (P472372) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P472372..

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