AO 03416

~2270 BCE·Akkadian Empire·P491934

Translation · reference

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Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P491934.

Why it matters

Transliteration

3(gesz2@c) 3(u) sar numun
iszkur-kalam-ma
1(gesz2@c) ARAD-e-PU3
2(u) dingir-ga-ni
3(u) la2 3(disz) lu2-banda3
1(gesz2) 2(u) 6(disz) ur-nigar
1(gesz2) la2 3(disz) ba-zi-zi
3(u) gi-git2-tum
4(u) e2-da-mu
3(u) puzur4-e2-a
3(u) ur-dumu
szunigin 1(gesz'u) la2 1(u) sar numun
2(u)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — AO 03416. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P491934) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P491934..

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