MAD 1, 296

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215124.

Transliteration

1(asz@c) u2-za-zum
1(asz@c) za-bu-ka3-num2
1(asz@c) ki2-num2-bala
1(asz@c) pir6-ha-szum
1(asz@c) u2-KA-KA
1(asz@c) szu-ma-ma
1(asz@c) zu-na-num2
1(asz@c) kir-ba-num2
1(asz@c) dingir-ki2-ma-at
1(asz@c) me-gir-dingir-dingir
[...]-zu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — MAD 1, 296. 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 (P215124) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215124..

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