Lippmann Coll 179

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Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P472479.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(asz@c) siki gu2 3(u) la2 3(disz@t) ma-na
ur-en-lil2
1(asz@c) gu2 7(disz)# ma-na
en-lil2-le#
[n] gu2 4(u) ma-na
du#-du sipa
1(asz@c) gu2 2(u) la2 3(disz@t) ma-na
[a]-ra2# 1(disz)-kam#
[n] gu2# 1(disz) 2/3(disz) ma#-na
[a]-ra2# 2(disz)-kam
ur#-a2# dub-sar
szunigin# 1(u@c) 1(asz@c) gu2 3(u) 2(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na
siki# sag-x-kam
ki# siki-ke4-ne
szu ba-ti

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — Lippmann Coll 179. 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 (P472479) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P472479..

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