OAIC 26

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215898.

Transliteration

[n] gu4 2(asz@c) esz2-gid2 3(disz) gi im# mar-tu
[n gu4 n] 1(asz@c) esz2-gid2 1(disz) gi im# kur
1(asz@c) gu4 1(asz@c) esz2-gid2 im u5
1(asz@c) gu4 2(asz@c) esz2-gid2 [n] 1(disz) gi im [mer]
1(asz@c) 1/2(asz@c) [esz2-gid2-im] u5
3(asz@c) esz2-gid2 1(disz) gi im mar-tu#
[n] 1(iku@c) GAN2 2(u) sar

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — OAIC 26. 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 (P215898) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215898..

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