Lippmann Coll 311

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P472611.

Transliteration

1(u@c) 1(asz@c) siki gu2 4(disz) ma-na
bad3-[di]-ne#
ga:esz8-e#
e2#-ur2-ra#
e#-na#-la2#
[n] siki# gu2
n ku3# gin2#
bad3#-di#-ne#
ur#-su3#-pa-sikil#
e#-na#-la2#
iti# ga2#-udu#-ur4#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — Lippmann Coll 311. 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 (P472611) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P472611..

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