HSS 10, 199

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P213464.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(asz@c) esz18-dar-um-mi
1(asz@c) diri-ni
2(asz@c) geme2
1(asz@c) ga-ga-da?-num2
1(asz@c) ki-ib-tu-ru
1(asz@c) dingir-mu-da
1(asz@c) a-hu-ma
1(asz@c) be-li2-dingir
szunigin# 5(asz@c) gurusz

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — HSS 10, 199. 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 (P213464) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P213464..

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