Adab 0669

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P217482.

Why it matters

Transliteration

2(asz@c) la2 7(disz) sila3 sze gur#
1(asz@c) 2(ban2@c) 5(disz) sila3 ziz2 gur
ur-iszkur
1(u@c) sze gur
me-sag7
[...]
[...] x [...]
4(asz@c)# x sze [gur]
3(asz@c) [...] ziz2 gur
1(disz@t)-a i3-szid
5(u@c) 3(barig@c) [...] gur
e2-bappir# ensi2-ka
1(u) la2 1(asz@c) [...] e2#-muhaldim ensi2-ka
[szunigin x] 2(asz@c) 2(barig@c) 2(disz) sila3 sze gur

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — Adab 0669. 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 (P217482) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P217482..

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