Lippmann Coll 083

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Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P472383.

Why it matters

Transliteration

2(disz) () 2(barig@c)
() 4(asz) 2(barig@c)
() 3(asz)# 2(barig@c)#
() 2(asz) 2(barig@c)
() 1(asz)# 2(barig@c)#
4(disz) () [1(barig@c)]
4(disz) () [n]
4(disz) () 4(ban2@c)#
3(disz) () 3(ban2@c)#
() 2(ban2@c)#
2(disz) () 1(ban2@c)
szunigin 4(asz@c) zu2-lum gur
kiri6 a-hux(RI)-du10 dumu
a-ba-da-sa2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — Lippmann Coll 083. 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 (P472383) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P472383..

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