BuB 2, 15

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P214941.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(asz@c) udu kar-mah
1(asz@c) e2-sag-szu4
1(asz@c) dingir-eb-gal
1(asz@c) nin#-ur4
1(asz@c) sza3-ge#-pa3-da
1(asz@c) e2#-sag#-kal-la
1(asz@c) ur3-bar-tab
n 2(asz@c) inanna zabala6
nig2#-sag#-a# inim-ma-ni#-zi-kam#
gala# szusz3
e2#-gal-e bi2-gu7
3(disz@t) mu 7(disz@t) iti

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — BuB 2, 15. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation (P214941) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P214941..

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