Adab 0830

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P217541.

Why it matters

Transliteration

a-na be-li2#
en-ma#
me-zi#
2(bur'u@c) _GAN2_ im-ma
lugal-mu#
_in-na-[szum2_]
la-ba-gi-in
_igi# bi2-in-<gar?>-ra-sze3_
_mu# su2-ga-bi-[sze3_]
_tukum#-bi_ [...]
lugal#-mu ab-[...]
mu# [...]
_sze-bi 5(asz)#? [... gur_]
_ga-an-[su?_]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — Adab 0830. 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 (P217541) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P217541..

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