MAD 5, 113

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215435.

Transliteration

3(asz@c) 2(barig@c) 3(ban2@c) _dabin gur si-sa2_
4(ban2@c) 5(asz@c) _sila3 zi3-gu_
3(ban2@c) 5(asz@c) _sila3 zi3 sig15_
1(ban2@c) _bappir_
4(ban2@c) _ar-za-na_
_ki_ geme2-TAR
[...] _zi3 sig15_
[...] _zi3-gu_
szu da-da
iri
im-hur#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — MAD 5, 113. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P215435) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215435..

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