MAD 1, 325

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215153.

Transliteration

1(u@c)#? 3(asz@c) za-ar-[...]-u3
4(asz@c) zu2 umbin
3(u@c) kam#? []ildag3
2(asz@c) nu2#?
3(u@c) la2 1(asz@c) al-sag
3(u@c) la2 3(asz@c) mar
1(gesz2@c) 7(asz@c) kam []sze-du10
1(u@c)#? [n i3?]-szub
2(gesz2@c) 2(u@c) [...] esz2#-bara2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — MAD 1, 325. 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 (P215153) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215153..

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