Adab 0660

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P217477.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[...] kisal szu#? [...]
[...] szesz-szesz
[1(asz)?] gala-mah [...]
[...] ma2-lah5-gal
[...] sag-ad2-gal2
[...] sukkal e2-du10-ga
[...] sukkal [...]
1(asz) <gur> e2-pa-e3
u3 ur-aszgi
nu-kiri6-me
1(asz) ur-GAN2-ISZ
u3 lugal-KA
1(asz@c) su-birx(|SZIMxNIG2|)-a

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — Adab 0660. 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 (P217477) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P217477..

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