MAD 1, 158 + 328

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215076.

Transliteration

a-hu-su4-[nu]
a-na ip-ti-ru
im-du2-ud
_sa10_ 1(asz@c) _gin2 ku3-babbar sze_
en-bu-dingir
i3-li2-isz-ta2-kal2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — MAD 1, 158 + 328. 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 (P215076) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215076..

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