Tutub 14

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P217270.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[...] _geme2# usz-bar_
[n] la2 2(asz@c) _igi-[nu]-tuku#_ PAP
a#-bi2-ur#-sag#_ PAP
[n] 1(u@c) 1(asz@c) _igi-nu-tuku_
[...]-suen#
5(u@c) 6(asz@c) _nar#_
5(asz@c) _igi-nu-tuku_
na-num2#
[n] _igi#-nu-tuku#_
ma#-me-da#
4(u@c)# la2 1(asz@c) _igi-nu-tuku#_ PAP
ha#-ma-ti#
1(u@c) la2 2(asz@c) _azlag4#_
1(u@c)# _gesz#-kin-[ti_]
[...]-szu#-[...]-ab#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — Tutub 14. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA (P217270) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P217270..

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