MAD 5, 024

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215350.

Transliteration

5(asz@c) _sze gur sag-gal2_
in _gur UL la2_ 2(disz)
sza-ti 1(u@c) 1(asz@c) _sila3-ta_
ra-ba-at
na-ah-szum-bala_
isz#-te4# i3-li2-isz-ta2-kal2
im-hur
in _du5-gal_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — MAD 5, 024. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P215350) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215350..

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