MAD 1, 318

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215146.

Transliteration

[2(asz@c) _]sze-du10 gal-gal#_
4(asz@c)#? _sze-du10 gal#-[gal_]
2(asz@c) _sze-du10_
5(asz@c) _haszhur kur#_
1(asz@c) _ildag3 gal-gal_
1(asz@c) _ildag3_
[2(asz@c)] bi-ra-da-an
[1(u@c)] 5(asz@c) _u3_
2(asz@c) _haszhur_
szunigin 4(u@c)#? _la2_ 2(asz@c) _gesz_
i-mu-tum
a-na isz-nun
u-bil3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — MAD 1, 318. 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 (P215146) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215146..

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