MRAH O.5009

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P452998.

Transliteration

3(asz@c) sze gur kasz
3(asz@c) sze gur kasz e2-IGI-sze3
iti mu asalx(LAK212@v) szuba3-nun
za3-bi
al-mu-kam?
1(u@c) 4(asz@c)#? sze kasz! x
ur-gu
lunga-me
1(u@c) 6(asz@c) 2(barig@c) sze ninda e2-gal
gala
1(asz@c) 1(barig@c) sze gur
gisal-tu-ra
iti szuba3-nun dag?
iti AB-us2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — MRAH O.5009. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Musées royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Brussels, Belgium (P452998) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P452998..

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