OSP 2, 076

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P216230.

Transliteration

1(u@c) ku3 gin2 gi4-lum
1(asz@c) ku3 gin2 gesztu
1(asz@c) bi2-za-za igi 3(disz)-gal2
1(asz@c) uri3 ku3 igi 3(disz)-gal2
1(u@c) ku3 gin2
1(asz@c) e2 sar
|U.SZA|-pa-e3
ama-nig2-tu
nam-gu2-sze3
ba-ni-ak

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — OSP 2, 076. 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 (P216230) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P216230..

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