Tutub 20

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P217276.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(asz@c)# _gurusz#_ [i3]-li2#-NE
1(asz@c) _dam_ zu-zu _abba2 iri_
1(asz@c) _gurusz_ bi2-bi2 _ga:esz8_
1(asz@c)# _dam#_ suen-mu-da _sipa_
[1(asz@c)] _dam#_ 1(asz@c) _dumu-nita_ a-bu3-sa-du2
1(asz@c)# _gurusz#_ 1(asz@c) _dumu-nita_
[1(asz@c)] _dam# esz2-gid2_
1(asz@c) _gurusz#_ tab6#-si#-ga _sipa#_
1(asz@c) _dam_ e-na#-suen _sipa_
u3-hu-ru-tum

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — Tutub 20. 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 (P217276) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P217276..

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