Adab 0944

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P217582.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[6(asz)?] ziz2 gur mah#
ziz2 szu-esz18-dar ga-x
3(barig) ziz2
[...] puzur4-ma-ma
szesz# i-ma-ru-um
[szu] nigin2 6(asz)? [3(barig)] ziz2 gur mah
sa2-du11 dingir-e-ne-[...]
en-[lil2] dub-sar
[szu] ba-ti

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — Adab 0944. 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 (P217582) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P217582..

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