Adab 0717

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P217505.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[...] 3(u@c)#? sze gur a#-[ga-de3]
x gur 2(asz@c) [...] 1(barig@c) 1(ban2@c) 6(disz) sila3 [...]
[...] in [a-ga]-de3#[]
x x [...] x a [...]
szunigin# 1(gesz2@c) 3(u@c) 1(asz@c) 2(barig@c) 3(ban2@c) sze gur a-ga-de3
szu#? umma
[...] sze gur a-ga-de3
[...] adab#
[szunigin ...] 2(u@c)#? 1(asz@c) 2(barig@c)#? [n sze gur a-ga-de3]
[...]
bi2-za-[za]
im-[hur]
in adab#[]
i-[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — Adab 0717. 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 (P217505) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P217505..

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