Lippmann Coll 204

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P472504.

Why it matters

Transliteration

2(u)# la2 1(disz@t) tug2 nig2-lam2 us2
1(u) tug2 sza3-ga-du3 us2
1(u) tug2 sza3-ge-dab6 us2
5(u) 7(disz) tug2 nig2#-lam2 usz-bar
[n] tug2 [sza3]-ga#-du3 usz#-[bar]
1(u) 1(disz) tug2-[...]
[n] tug2 na-[as-pa2-ru?]
[n?] 1(gesz2@c) la2 3(disz@t) tug2 sza3-ga#-du3 nig2-su-a
szunigin 7(gesz2@c) 2(u@c) la2 1(disz@t) tug2 min-bi
usz-bar iti 3(disz)-kam

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — Lippmann Coll 204. 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 (P472504) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P472504..

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