MAD 5, 003

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215331.

Transliteration

3(asz@c) 2(barig@c) 3(ban2@c) _sze gur_ a-ga-de3
a-na isz-gi-ni _GAN2_
be-lu _GAN2_ im-hur-ru
1(gesz2@c) 2(asz@c) _sze gur_
a-mur-dingir
4(u@c) 5(asz@c) _sze gur_
a-na _ku3_ 1(asz@c) 2(barig@c) 3(ban2@c) _gur_
na-di3-in
_ku3_-su 1/2(asz@c) _ma-na_
4(u@c) _la2_ 2(barig@c) 3(ban2@c) _sze gur_
i-ba-szi4
szunigin 2(gesz2@c) 3(u@c) _sze gur_
an-gu2
a-na _lugal e2_
u-sa-lim

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — MAD 5, 003. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P215331) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215331..

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