MAD 1, 280

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215109.

Transliteration

2(gesz2@c) 2(u@c) 2(barig@c) 3(ban2@c) _sze gur_
szu masz-gan?-im
szu _e2_-ti
i-bi2-bi2
szi ga-ba-la
2(asz@c) _sze gur_ gi-gi
2(asz@c) i3-bi2-sa
sza sa2-lim-a-hu
2(asz@c) i-bi2-bi2
szu szu-i3-li2-su
3(asz@c) utu-e2!(SA)
szu zu-zu szi a-ma-lim
4(asz@c) _sze gur_
hu-bu-lum
szu zu-zu szi a-ma-lim

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — MAD 1, 280. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA (P215109) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215109..

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