TMH 05, 037

~2270 BCE·Akkadian Empire·P020451

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P020451.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(barig@c) sze
he2-li
1(barig@c) nin-gu-la
1(barig@c) nin-HAR-ni
1(barig@c) nin-er2-re2
[...] nin-gesz
[...] nin-gi7
[...] e2-i-nu-tuku#
[...] x x [...]
[iti] ziz2-[a]
mu# na-ra-am-suen sza-ab-bu-nu-um mu-hul-a

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — TMH 05, 037. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Germany (P020451) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P020451..

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