OSP 2, 162

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P216316.

Transliteration

[...] x-mu-[...]
[...] szum2# ur-da-mu
[dumu] en-lil2-la2
1(barig) 2(ban2) szum2 ma2 u4-zal-la
ugula-e2 dab5-[ba]
3(ban2@c) szum2 lugal-engar-du10
gir2-la2
2(ban2@c) szum2 dal-la
dumu lugal-ki-gal-la
[...] szum2 kab2-ku5 x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — OSP 2, 162. 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 (P216316) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P216316..

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