MVN 03, 071

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215723.

Transliteration

2(u@c) la2 2(asz@c) 1(barig@c) 3(ban2) zu2-lum gur
kiri6 lugal-ma-DU
lu2-gu-la an-na-szid
sza3-bi-ta
1(u@c) 1(asz@c) zu2-lum gur
ur3 en-lil2 mu-ag2
u3 nig2 zi-ga-ni sza3-ba a-szid
[n] zu2-lum gur
[n] gin2-sze3 lu2-gu-la
[...]-da#?-gal2
[...] x gur
[...]-ag2#
[...] x zu2-lum gur
zu2#-lum szu12-a-la2 x [(x)] gar
lu2-gu-la

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — MVN 03, 071. 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 (P215723) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215723..

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