MRAH O.5072

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P453023.

Transliteration

4(asz@c) sze gur
lugal#?-ma2?-gal-zu
4(asz@c)# sza3-nu-gal2
1(asz@c) szesz-zi
sze sumun ansze gu7
1(gesz2@c) 5(u@c) 6(asz@c) sze gur#
sze nig2# ur5-ra-sze3
[x?] x esz3?-ke4
an-ne-szum2
x ra x il x
nun mar hu-ni-kam

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — MRAH O.5072. 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 (P453023) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P453023..

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