MRAH O.5005

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P452980.

Transliteration

4(asz@c) ansze surx(ERIM) 4(ban2@c) sze-ta
u4 2(disz@t)-kam
sze-bi 1(asz@c) 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) sze gur
lugal-en-nun
sipa ansze-ra
an-na-szum2
ansze en-na
ur-utu-kam
itix(|UDxBAD|) sze-sag11-ku5

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — MRAH O.5005. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Musées royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Brussels, Belgium (P452980) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P452980..

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