MAD 1, 302

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215130.

Transliteration

5(asz@c) gin2 ku3-<babbar>
a-mur-dingir
5(asz@c) gin2 ku3-babbar
a-hu-su-nu
4(asz@c) gin2 1(asz@c) gigir2 szum2
1(u@c) ma-na ku3-babbar
2(asz@c) sze gur
kab-ru-ru
2(asz@c) ma-na ku3-babbar tur
za-bi
8(asz@c) szah2 i3-li2-a?-hi
2(asz@c) udu u-ze2-um
1(ban2@c) bappir
zi-bi2-nu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — MAD 1, 302. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA (P215130) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215130..

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