HSS 10, 111

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P213377.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(gesz'u@c) 5(gesz2@c) 2(u@c) 2(asz@c) 2(barig@c) 3(ban2@c) _sze gur_
isz-te4 min-kum
2(u@c) 1(asz@c) 2(barig@c) _sze gur_
szu bad3-za-an-ze2
1(u@c) 8(asz@c) 2(barig@c) 3(ban2@c) _sze gur_
[in] gu2#-da-mi-[szum]
hu-bu-lum
2(gesz2@c) 2(u@c) 3(asz@c) 2(barig@c) 3(ban2@c) _sze gur_
szu _nig2-ar3-ra_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — HSS 10, 111. 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 (P213377) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P213377..

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