OSP 2, 168

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P216322.

Transliteration

[...]
dumu sagi#-[gal]
2(barig@c) a-ba-en-lil2
3(u) szum2 sa x [...]
4(ban2@c) szum2-sikil da#-[da]
dumu lugal#-[sza3]
da-da# [maszkim-bi]
3(gesz2) szum2 [sa ...]
dumu puzur4-[...]
4(ban2@c) szu-i3-li2-[su]
3(ban2@c)# lu2#-gir14#-gi4#-[lu2]
6(disz)? x x [...]
[...]
[...]-zi ugula-e2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — OSP 2, 168. 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 (P216322) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P216322..

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