Lippmann Coll 208

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Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P472508.

Why it matters

Transliteration

2(asz@c) bar-dul5 usz#-bar# 1(disz@t)
ma-ma-um-mi
2(disz) geme2-en-lil2
6(asz@c) asz-dar 6(disz) ku3#?
1(asz@c) ta2-ni2#-[a] 1(disz@t)
1(asz@c) nin-ad2-[gal] 1(disz@t)
() nig2-banda3#[]
[n?] 1(asz@c) nin#-[nig2-zu] 1(disz@t)
1(disz) se-[be2-tum]
tug2 bar-ra gal2#-la#
ki siki-me
iti ab-e3-zi-ga-am3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — Lippmann Coll 208. 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 (P472508) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P472508..

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