Position in chronology
CUSAS 26, 199
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P391857.
Transliteration
1(gesz2@c) _sze gur mah_ 3(u@c) _gur si-sa2_ er3-ra-ra im-hur 2(asz@c) 2(barig@c) 3(ban2@c) _gur mah_ i-ri-zi-su# szu ba-zi-[zi] im-[hur] 2(asz@c) 2(barig@c) 3(ban2@c) _gur# [si-sa2]_ lu2-dingir-ra# szunigin 1(gesz2@c) 2(barig@c) 3(ban2@c) _gur# mah#_ szunigin 3(u@c) 2(asz@c) 2(barig@c) 3(ban2@c) gur si-sa2 szu e2-sze-gid2
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — CUSAS 26, 199. 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 (P391857) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P391857..
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