OSP 2, 007

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P216159.

Transliteration

1(u@c) 2(asz@c) udu 2(u) la2 5(asz@c) uzu
2(gesz'u@c) 4(gesz2) la2 5(asz@c) sila3 tu7
2(gesz'u@c) la2 1(u@c) 7(asz@c) ku6 dar-ra
3(asz@c) 3(barig@c) la2 1(ban2@c) ku6 had2 gur
3(gesz2@c) 5(u@c) la2 1(asz@c) sa-sar
4(ban2@c) 2(asz@c) sila3 mun
8(gesz2@c) 4(u@c) dug kasz
1(u@c) 5(asz@c) zu2-lum gur
1(asz@c) haszhur gur

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — OSP 2, 007. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P216159) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P216159..

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