MRAH O.5058

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P452996.

Transliteration

1(asz@c) ninda gug2 1(ban2)#? sila3
3(asz@c)# ninda gug2 5(disz@t)# sila3
e2-mah
2(asz@c) ninda gug2 1(ban2)
1(asz@c) ninda gug2 5(disz@t) sila3
e2-GAN2-ISZ
1(asz@c) ninda gug2 1(ban2)
1(asz@c) ninda gug2 5(disz@t) sila3
5(asz@c) sila3 ninda sag-szum2
1(asz) ninda gug2 1(disz@t) sila3
e2-|ASZxBAD|-za
szunigin 4(asz@c) ninda gug2 1(ban2)
szunigin 5(asz@c) ninda gug2 5(disz@t) sila3
szunigin 5(asz@c) sila3 ninda sag szum2
szunigin 1(u@c) ninda gug2#? 1(disz@t) sila3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — MRAH O.5058. 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 (P452996) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P452996..

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