MAD 4, 041

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215203.

Transliteration

1(u) 1(disz) i3 erin babbar2 sila3
3(asz@c) la2 igi-4(disz)-gal2 i3 szim tur-tur sila3
1(u) erin babbar2 ma-na
1(u) sze gur sag-gal2
1(asz) szum2 gur sag-gal2
1(u) bappir
1(u) bar-si gada
5(asz@c) kusz zalag-ga
1(asz@c) szu-kar2 szu-du7-a gu4-apin
ama-e2-a
sza3-da dub-sar-da
i3-da-tuku

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — MAD 4, 041. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P215203) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215203..

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