OIP 014, 190

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P216046.

Transliteration

[n tug2] guz#-za 3(disz)-[kam us2]
[ki-la2-bi] 1(u) ma-na [...]
[...] 1(disz) tug2 guz-za 4(disz@t)-kam us2#
[ki]-la2-bi 1(asz@c) gu2 1(u) 5(disz) ma-[na]
1(asz@c) tug2 guz-za du
ki#-la2-bi 4(u) 3(disz) ma-na
[...] 1(disz) tug2 usz-bar
ki#-la2-bi 1(u) 6(disz) ma-na
[...] 2(disz) tug2 u2
[ki]-la2-bi 3(u) la2 1(asz@c) ma-na
[...] tug2 mug
[ki-la2]-bi 1(u) 3(disz) ma-na#
[...] gada [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — OIP 014, 190. 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 (P216046) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P216046..

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