HSS 10, 150

Translation · reference

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Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P213415.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[...]-SZE3
[... esz18]-dar
[...]-bil3
[...] zu-zu
[...] zi3 za libir 1(asz@c) zi3 imgaga3 gur
su-ri2-ni i-di3-szum
1(asz@c) 2(barig@c) zi3 dabin gur zi3 su-ri2-ni
isz-ma2-dingir tur
3(gesz2@c) 2(u@c) ninda li bappir saga
isz#-ma2-dingir gal
[n nig2]-ar3-ra gur saga
[tab6?]-si-ga
[n nig2-ar3]-ra gur saga
[...]-x-dingir dam-gar3
[...]-x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — HSS 10, 150. 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 (P213415) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P213415..

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