OSP 2, 028

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P216179.

Transliteration

1(u@c) _la2_ 1(asz@c) ga-nu-nu
a-na 1(asz@c) _ab2-za-za_-tim _sag-gul_
1(u@c) _la2_ 1(asz@c) ga-nu-nu
a-na 1(asz@c) _ab2-za-za_-tim _sag-gul_
3(asz@c) ga-nu-nu
a-na _kak-ka2_
2(asz@c) ga-nu-nu
a-na _tur-tur_
1(asz@c) ga-nu-num2
a-na ri2-su-ti 1(asz@c) si-im-ti _abul_
_3(disz@t)-kam-ma us2_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — OSP 2, 028. 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 (P216179) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P216179..

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