Adab 0846

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P217547.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[1(u)] sze gur si-sa2
[sa2-du11] dingir#-e-ne
esz3-tum2
2(asz) sze gur
sipa-an-ne2 muhaldim
1(barig@c) 3(ban2@c) 5(disz) sila3 uz-tur
ur-zigum-ma dub-sar
lugal-ma2-gur8-e
2(ban2@c) dabin zu-zu
szunigin 1(u) 2(asz@c) 3(barig@c) 4(ban2@c) sze gur 3(ban2@c) 5(disz) sila3 si-sa2
e3
en-an-na-tum2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — Adab 0846. 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 (P217547) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P217547..

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