OSP 2, 146

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P216300.

Transliteration

[...] i3-na-de6
[...] lu2#? sipa-ni-se3?
inim#-[ma-ni?] maszkim-bi
1(gesz2)? lugal-kas4-e
he2#-sa6# maszkim-bi
4(u@c) lu2-uz-ga
inim-ma-ni maszkim-bi
2(u) ur-gu lu-lil-la
[he2]-sa6# maszkim-bi
[...]
[ur]-tir# maszkim
[szunigin] 1(gesz'u@c) 6(gesz2@c) [szum2] gaz sa
szunigin 2(barig@c) szum2 gaz
[szunigin n szum2]-sikil sa

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — OSP 2, 146. 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 (P216300) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P216300..

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