MAD 4, 025

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215187.

Transliteration

3(u) 4(asz) ME-iszkur
1(u) 6(asz) muszen-du3
1(u) 5(asz) lugal-esz3
1(u) ka-sze3
2(u) la2 2(asz) da-da
ur-dingir-tur
3(u) la2 2(asz) lugal-si
2(u) 5(asz) ur-gigir2
1(u) ur-dingir-tur
lugal-KA
1(u) ur-mes
ur-du6

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — MAD 4, 025. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P215187) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215187..

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