Adab 0878

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P217557.

Why it matters

Transliteration

4(ban2@c) a-a nagar
4(ban2@c) bu-sza3-ti-e bahar2
gurusz-me
3(ban2@c) a-ra-ne-x
3(ban2@c) im-[...]
3(ban2@c) zi#-[...]
[3(ban2@c)] na-[...]
[3(ban2@c)] du-[...]
geme2#-[me]
szunigin 2(disz@t) gurusz 4(ban2@c) 5(disz@t)# geme2 3(ban2@c)
sze-ba-bi 4(barig@c) la2 1(ban2@c)
iti a2-ki-ti

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — Adab 0878. 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 (P217557) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P217557..

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