OAIC 04

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215876.

Transliteration

1(u@c) 1(asz@c) _gin2 ku3-babbar_
a-na _sa10 1(asz@c) isz-de3 1(asz@c) gin2_
dingir-kal
a-na pu3-tiszpak
i-di3-in
1(asz@c) i-ku8-num2
_dumu_ i-ni-um
1(asz@c) szu-bad3
_dumu_ szi-er3-e-si-na
1(asz@c) pu3-tiszpak _ugula iri_
_nu-banda3_ i3-li2-isz-ta2-kal2#
1(asz@c) ARAD2#-tu-tu
_dumu_ be-li2-guru7
_abba2_-bu-ut
gu#-su-ra-im

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — OAIC 04. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, USA (P215876) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215876..

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