OIP 014, 107

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215964.

Transliteration

[n sila3 i3-nun] du10#-ga#
ensi2#
[n sila3 i3]-gesz du10-ga
[...] hi gesz x
1(disz) sila3#? x-dub2 nin
ka-[...]
1(disz) sila3 [...]
1/3(disz) sila3 la2 [...]
szunigin 1(disz) sila3 i3-nun du10-ga
szunigin 6(disz) sila3# i3-gesz du10-ga
i3 zi-ga
[...]-kal-le#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — OIP 014, 107. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA (P215964) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215964..

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