Tutub 55

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P217311.

Why it matters

Transliteration

di-ku5 pu3-suen#
1(asz@c) ma-[na]
i-tu-tu
maszkim
di-ku5 mu-mu
1(asz@c) ma-na
suen-ba-ni
maszkim#
di#-[ku5 ...]
[...]
i-mi-[...]
maszkim
di-ku5 u-bar-ru-um
1(asz@c) ma-na
abba2 maszkim

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — Tutub 55. 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 (P217311) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P217311..

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