HSS 10, 049

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P213315.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(u@c) la2 1(asz@c) _sze gur_
szu-i3-li2-su
_abba2 iri_
[...] 3(asz@c)#? 2(barig@c) 3(ban2@c) _sze gur_
puzur4#-esz18-dar
[...] _sze gur_
isz#-ma2-dingir-tur-dar
in# masz-kan2-gal
szunigin 2(u@c) 6(asz@c) 2(barig@c) 3(ban2@c) _sze gur_
szu _la2-ia3_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — HSS 10, 049. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (P213315) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P213315..

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