OSP 2, 106

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P216260.

Transliteration

[...] szum2 masz-da5
[...] 1(barig) 5(asz@c)? sila3 ur-[...]
3(barig@c) ur-nin-ildu3
3(barig@c) ur-sa6
be6-li-li
3(barig) 2(ban2) lugal-[engar]-du10
3(barig) 2(ban2) sag-[...]
1(asz) 2(barig) nir-gal2#
[...] a2-ni-ta#
1(barig@c) [...]
3(barig) 2(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 [...]
1(barig@c) ur-en-[...]
1(asz) 3(barig) kur-mu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — OSP 2, 106. 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 (P216260) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P216260..

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