OSP 2, 092

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P216246.

Transliteration

[...]
2(u@c) 2(asz@c) da-di3
3(u@c) ur-kid2-ma
3(asz@c) ur-kid2-ma
1(u@c) 2(asz@c) en-lil2-la2
2(u@c) la2 2(asz@c) gissu
2(u@c) 4(asz@c) en-lil2-le
3(asz@c) nig2-en-lil2
GAN2 i7-unu
1(u@c) la2 1(asz@c) en-lil2-da
2(u@c) 4(asz@c) ur-en-lil2
1(u@c) en-lil2-la2
[n] 2(asz@c)# nam-tar-re2
[n] sza3#-ga-ni
[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — OSP 2, 092. 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 (P216246) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P216246..

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