Position in chronology
MAD 4, 038
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215200.
Transliteration
[...] ab2-mah2 [...] ab2 3(disz@t) [...] ab2 2(disz@t) 2(asz@c) amar gu4 2(disz@t) 3(asz@c) amar da-ba ur-szara2-kam 3(asz@c) ab2-mah2 1(asz@c) ab2 2(disz@t) 3(asz@c) amar da-ba ur-suen-kam ur-nin-ildu3 unu3-da i3-da-szex(SIG7) 1(disz@t) mu 4(disz@t) iti
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — MAD 4, 038. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P215200) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215200..
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