RIME 2.01.02.11, ex. 14

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P216451.

Transliteration

[a]-na
[]en#-lil2
[ri2]-mu#-usz
_lugal#_
_kisz#_
[i3-nu]
[elam]
u3#
[pa2-ra-ah]-szum2#
[_sag-gesz]-ra#_-ni
[in] _nam#-ra-ak#_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — RIME 2.01.02.11, ex. 14. 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 (P216451) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P216451..

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