Lippmann Coll 025

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P472325.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[n tug2] na#-[as]-pa2#-ru
2(asz@c) tug2 nig2-lam2 us2
2(asz@c) tug2 sza3-ga-du3 us2
2(asz@c) tug2 sza3-ge#-dab6#
1(asz@c) i3 du10-ga nig2-1(disz@t)-sila3
1(asz@c) esir4# e2#-ba#
du11#-ga#-ni#
[e-na-szum2?]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — Lippmann Coll 025. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Carl L. Lippmann Collection, Real Academia de la Historia, Madrid, Spain (P472325) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P472325..

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