OSP 2, 019

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P216170.

Transliteration

7(asz@c) _gin2 la2 igi-4(disz)-gal2_ kir-ra-at _ku3-sig17_
szu-ut 1(disz) _a2-zi-da u3 1(disz) ur2 gab2_
szu szunigin
_mu-kux(DU)_
a-na s,i2-ib-ti 1(disz) ba-ni-la _gudu4-tur_
puzur4-ru-um
im-hur

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — OSP 2, 019. 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 (P216170) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P216170..

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