MAD 5, 112

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215434.

Transliteration

1(szargal) 4(gesz2) ninda 4(disz) kusz3 numun sa2
1(szar2) 1(gesz2) 3(u) 2(disz) ninda 1(disz) kusz3 numun sa2
ur-isztaran
7(szarkid) 4(szar'ugal) 7(szar2) 1(bur'u) 7(bur3) 1(esze3) 3(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 1(u) sar 1(u) 6(disz) gin2 2/3(disz)
ba-pa3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC) ?) — MAD 5, 112. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P215434) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215434..

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