MAD 4, 051

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215213.

Transliteration

1(asz@c) kunga2-nita2
gala dumu lugal-kar-e-si lu2 ma2-gur8-ka-sze3
lugal-KA-e
i3-sze3-sa10
1(u) 1(disz) ku3 gin2
i3-na-la2
[1(asz@c)]
[dumu]
1(asz@c) a-bu-ha-du
dumu ur-zu
1(asz@c) lugal-nig2-bara3-du10 dam-gar3
1(asz@c) ama-eme2-ga
lu2-ki-inim-ma-me

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — MAD 4, 051. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P215213) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215213..

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