Tutub 16

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P217272.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[...]-x-za-[...]
[...] i3#-li2#-dan#
[...] iq-bi2-gi
i3#-li2-dan
UD#-isz
dingir-ba-ni
szu da-da
i-tu-tu ama-tu-dingir
i-bi2-zu szu u2-da-tum
mu-bu3-pa2-liq _ugula_ i-wi-ru-um
suen-bad3 _ARAD2_ a-ha-tum
_ARAD2#_ iq#-bi2#-gi
[...]-x-ru-um
_ARAD2#_ iq#-bi2#-gi
[szu] _guru7_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — Tutub 16. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA (P217272) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P217272..

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