BE 01/1, 011

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P263580.

Why it matters

Transliteration

_1(u@c) 2(asz@c) tug2_ e2-ku-hi-na
_8(asz@c) tug2_ he-esz2-lu-hi-na
_6(asz@c) tug2_ e2-dam-mu
_5(asz@c) tug2_ gi-im-s,i-hi-na
_3(u@c) tug2_ HE2-sag
_2(asz@c) tug2_ ra-ba-tum(LAK494)
_1(u@c) tug2 ib2(LAK497)_ e2-dam-mu
_1(u@c) tug2 ib2(LAK497)_ he-esz2-lu-ki-na
_3(asz@c) tug2 ib2(LAK497)_ e2-dam-mu!?-u3
_4(asz@c) tug2 HE2-DU_
_2(asz@c) tug2 nig2-la2_
_szunigin 1(gesz2@c) 3(u@c) 2(asz@c) tug2 hi-a_
szu-ut _e2_ AD2-tu-PI-in
a-na esz2-HAR-ri-in ib-ri2
ta2-di3-in

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — BE 01/1, 011. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P263580) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P263580..

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