OSP 1, 059

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P216116.

Transliteration

[1(asz@c)] kasz#
bahar2#
[1(asz@c) ur]-utu
1(asz@c) ur-sag
1(asz@c) ur-tur-tur
1(asz@c) engar-mah
1(asz@c) x-lu2-lu2
2(asz@c) puzur4-<esz18>-dar
1(asz@c) ad-da
2(asz@c) lu2-sukkal
[...] x x x
[...] lu2 [...]-du-gi
1(asz@c) dingir-kal-ga

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — OSP 1, 059. 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 (P216116) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P216116..

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