OSP 1, 120

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P216142.

Transliteration

2(bur3@c) 1(esze3@c) <GAN2> ur-lugal
[...] 2(bur3@c)#? 1(iku@c) <GAN2> i3-ri2-isz
[...] 1(bur3@c)#? 1(esze3@c)#? 1(iku@c)#? <GAN2> i-da#?-il
[...] bu3-bu3
1(bur3@c) <GAN2> ur-szul-pa-e3
4(bur3@c) <GAN2> sza3-ab
4(bur3@c) <GAN2> e2-sikil
1(bur3@c)#? 1(esze3@c) [...] <GAN2> gu2?-gal
[...]-gi4
1(bur3@c) 1(esze3@c) <GAN2> me-abzu
1(bur3@c) 1(esze3@c) <GAN2> u9-bar-tum
1(bur3@c) 1(esze3@c) <GAN2> nin-nig2-zu
[...]-a-tum

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — OSP 1, 120. 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 (P216142) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P216142..

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