Lippmann Coll 276

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P472576.

Transliteration

2(asz@c) geme2
ugula ma-ma-um-mi
2(asz@c) geme2-en-lil2
2(asz@c) asz-dar
2(asz@c) ta2#-ni2-a
2(asz@c) nin#-ad2#-gal
2(asz@c) nig2-banda3
2(asz@c) nin-nig2-zu
szunigin 1(u@c) 4(asz@c) geme2
ur-u4-su13
dub-sar
an-na-szum2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — Lippmann Coll 276. 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 (P472576) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P472576..

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