OSP 1, 054

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P216111.

Transliteration

1(asz@c) kasz
bahar2
1(asz@c) ur-utu
[... asz]-ni
[...] szitim#
1(asz@c) ad-da
1(asz@c) MI#?-lu2-lu2
2(asz@c) puzur4-esz18-dar
1(asz@c) lu2-lugal#
1(asz@c) lu2-[u5] erisz2#[]
[...] lu2 [...]
1(asz@c) lu2 [...]
iti sig4-u5-szub-ba-gar
u4 2(u@c) la2 1(asz@c)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — OSP 1, 054. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P216111) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P216111..

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