MVN 03, 110

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215758.

Transliteration

[...]-ka#
2(gesz2@c) ninda 1(barig@c) 1(ban2@c) 1(ban2@c) kasz 1(barig@c) 1(ban2@c) 1(ban2@c) kasz 5(ban2@c)
2(ban2@c) kasz 3(ban2@c) ib-ni-lugal
1(gesz2@c) ninda 1(ban2@c) kasz 5(ban2@c) 1(ban2@c) kasz 3(ban2@c)
szesz-szesz
1(gesz2@c) ninda 1(ban2@c) kasz 5(ban2@c) 1(ban2@c) kasz 3(ban2@c)
u-bar-ru-um
1(gesz2@c) ninda 1(ban2@c) kasz 5(ban2@c) 1(ban2@c) kasz# [n(ban2@c)]
3(u@c) ninda 1(ban2@c) kasz 5(ban2@c) i-mi-utu
[szunigin] 8(gesz2@c) 3(u@c) ninda 5(u) du8
[x x?] ninda 1(barig@c) 1(ban2@c) 2(asz@c) 2(ban2@c) kasz 5(ban2@c) dug
[x x?] 1(ban2@c) kasz 3(ban2@c) dug
[... zi3 a]-ga#-de3
[n] mu 6(disz) [iti ...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — MVN 03, 110. 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 (P215758) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215758..

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