MAD 1, 334

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215160.

Transliteration

[n _sze] gur_
[a-na _sze]-ba#_ _ARAD2_
[pu3?]-su#?-gi_
[...] _sze gur_
[i]-sa-ru-um
1(u@c) 5(asz@c) _sze gur_
a-na _sze-ba ARAD2_
szu-ti a-ga-de3
na-bi2-um _dam-gar3_
im-hur
[...] _sze gur_ i3-lu-lu
[szu?] ME-esz18-dar hu-bu-lum

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — MAD 1, 334. 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 (P215160) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215160..

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