Position in chronology
OAIC 10
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215882.
Transliteration
i-da-ra-ak szu-um _sipa!(PA-KU)_-tum ma-szum# _abba2_ en-ma ma-nu-nu a-na gi-nu-nu in _e2_ szi usz-da-a-bi2-la a-na szi-tim _sa10_-me lu-usz-ku-ul-kum al-kam-ma ba-dam
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — OAIC 10. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, USA (P215882) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215882..
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