Adab 0941

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P217580.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[an]-si
[4(u@c)] 1(asz@c) 4(ban2@c) 5(disz@t) sila3 sze gur
[e2] szu-i ki-tusz gesz-kin-ti-ka
an-si
[...] 3(asz@c)? ziz2 gur
[e2] szu-i bar-ra ki-tusz [gesz]-kin#-ti-ka
[an]-si

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — Adab 0941. 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 (P217580) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P217580..

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