OSP 2, 179

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P216334 · ~2270 BCE

OSP 2, 180

“1. 3 gur 1 barig 3 ban 5 sila of garlic, (measured by the) lidga — 2. Lugal-itida; 3. [...] Ur-ki, the field-s…”

P216331 · ~2270 BCE

OSP 2, 177

“1. [......] onions, 2. from Ur-kidma; 3. 2 barig, from Lugal-teszmu — 4. Lugal-GAN2-zi, 5. the singer of the h…”

P216335 · ~2270 BCE

OSP 2, 181

“1. [1 lidga 2 barig of onions (lidga measure)] 2. Aga-kiag 3. to Agad[e]. 4. 1 lidga: 5. Dada. 6. 2 barig: Ur-…”

P216330 · ~2270 BCE

OSP 2, 176

“1. [...] crushed onion(s) [...] 2. [...] Enlil-[...] 3. ...-da-... 4. the overseer of the household [...] 5. o…”

Transliteration

2(asz) 3(barig) szum2-sikil lid2-ga
2(asz@c) szum2 tu lu2
3(asz@c) szum2 gaz lid2-ga
lugal-sa6
dub-sar

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — OSP 2, 179. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P216333) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no English translation stored at ingestion. P-number P216333..

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