RIME 2.06.01.2001, ex. 01

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P216834.

Why it matters

Transliteration

nin-lil2-ra
iri-na-bad3-bi
sanga en-lil2
he2-ti-la-sze3
ur-sa6-ga
dub-sar |ABxLAK178|
e2 en-lil2-ka-ke4
ga-ti-la-sze3
nam-ti
ama-ab2-zi-sze3
nam-ti
dam dumu-na-sze3
a mu-na-ru

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — RIME 2.06.01.2001, ex. 01. 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 (P216834) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P216834..

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