MAD 4, 030

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215192.

Transliteration

1(gesz2) ud5 ama
3(u) la2 1(asz@c) as2-gar3 sza3-du10
5(asz@c) masz2-nita sza3-du10
2(u) la2 1(asz@c) u8 ama
3(asz@c) kir11 sza3-du10
4(asz@c) sila4-nita
szunigin 2(gesz2) <la2 1(disz)> ud5 udu
im si-sa2-am3
a-bi2-nar-da
i3-da-szex(SIG7)
ur-sipa sipa
[2(disz@t) mu 8(disz@t)] iti

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — MAD 4, 030. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P215192) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215192..

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