MCS 9, 254

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215525.

Transliteration

1(gesz2@c) ninda 1(ban2@c) kasz 5(ban2@c)
1(ban2@c) kasz 3(ban2@c) gur ba-num2
2(ban2@c) kasz# im6#-ta2-lik
[1(ban2@c)] kasz# 5(ban2@c) i3-li2-a-hi
[1(ban2@c)? kasz] 1(barig@c)# 1(ban2@c)# 1(ban2@c)# kasz 3(ban2@c)
szar-ru-ru
[szunigin 1(gesz2@c)] ninda 5(u) du8
[1(ban2@c) kasz] 1(barig@c) 1(ban2@c) [dug]
1(asz@c) 1(ban2@c) kasz 5(ban2@c) dug#
2(ban2@c) kasz# 3(ban2@c) dug#
1(ban2@c) 2(disz@t) sila3 zi3 a-ga-de3
1(barig@c) 5(ban2@c) la2 1(disz@t) sila3 sze kasz
[...] iti# 7(disz@t) u4

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — MCS 9, 254. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: World Museum Liverpool, Liverpool, UK (P215525) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215525..

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