MAD 5, 105

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215427.

Transliteration

5(iku@c) _GAN2_
lu2-nimgir
4(iku) si-du
2(esze3@c) 1(iku@c) _GAN2_
lugal-en3-tar-su3
1(esze3@c) 3(iku@c) 1/2(iku@c) 1/4(iku@c) ur-en-ki
_szu-nigin2_ 1(bur3@c) 2(esze3@c) 1(iku@c) 1/2(iku@c) 1/4(iku@c) _GAN2_
szesz-szesz _engar_
a-na _sa10 gu4_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — MAD 5, 105. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P215427) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215427..

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