MVN 03, 054

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215707.

Transliteration

1(ban2@c) 5(disz) sila3 dabin
4(disz) sila3 zi3-gu
2/3(disz) zi3 sig15
sa2-du11
iti gu4-[ra2]-bi2-mu2-mu2
2(disz@t) u4 mu-gal2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — MVN 03, 054. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P215707) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215707..

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