Tutub 22

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P217278.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[... _ab2]-mah2_
2(asz@c)# _ab2 mu 3(disz)_
1(asz@c) _ab2 mu 2(disz)_
2(asz@c) _gu4 mu 2(disz)_
2(asz@c) _gu4 mu 1(disz)_
isz-te4
en#-na#-na
[in] 1(disz) _mu_
[na-ra-am]-suen
na#-kab# _idigna_
u3# _buranun_
ik-su-du2
u3 _kaskal#-szudul_
sze3-nam-in-da-a
esz3-a-ru

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — Tutub 22. 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 (P217278) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P217278..

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