Position in chronology
TMH 05, 189 + 201b + TMH NF 1-2, suppl 07 + 09
Not yet translated
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From the same catalogue range (near P020603)
Transliteration
1(gesz2) 2(u) 7(asz) 1(barig) 2(ban2) sze [lid2]-ga# im lu2 ganun 1(u) la2 3(ban2@c) im usz-bar# tur-tur 1(disz) la2 1(ban2@c) im nig2-lam2 [tug2] 6(asz) 3(barig) la2 1(ban2@c) im ha-la-um tug2# 4(u) im geme2 szah2 4(u) 5(disz) la2 3(ban2@c) im# usz-[bar] e2 a2-kal-le 4(u) 6(asz) 3(barig) 1(ban2) im usz-[bar] e2-x [...] 1(u) la2 5(ban2) im x x [...]-ut-tur#? [...] 1(u) 2(disz) la2 4(ban2@c) im kisal-[...]-sa6-[ga] x x [...]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — TMH 05, 189 + 201b + TMH NF 1-2, suppl 07 + 09. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Germany (P020603) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P020603..
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