MCS 9, 260

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215531.

Transliteration

1(asz@c) ma-na har hul3#-[la] ku3#-babbar#
1(asz@c) tug2 gu2-LAGAB# ku3#-[babbar]
ki-la2-bi 1(asz@c) ma-na
1(asz@c) tug2 na-asz2-pa2#-[ru]-um
2(asz@c) tug2# bala
1(asz@c) gigir2#
1(asz@c) kunga2#
4(asz@c) tug2 gu2-ansze
4(asz@c) igi-tab
1(asz@c) szakkan i3-du10-ga
1(asz@c) esir5 e2-ba
nig2#-ba# be#-[li2]-gal-zu
lu2 du-du
1(disz)#? x-ab-ni 1(disz) esir5
1(disz@t) tug2 aga3-us2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — MCS 9, 260. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: World Museum Liverpool, Liverpool, UK (P215531) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215531..

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