ARET 03, 025

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P242205.

Why it matters

Transliteration

ze2-kam4
_szu mu-tag4_
1(u@c) 3(asz@c) _ma-na_ [...]
9(asz@c) _ma-na_ SZA-PI-2(disz) gin2 dilmun _ku3:babbar_
_nig2-sa10_
[...]
4(asz@c) _nig2-la2 sag_
2(asz@c) _|IB2+3(DISZ@t)| babbar tug2_ ma-ri2
1(asz@c) mi-at 3(asz@c) _SAL_ 1(asz@c) TUG2-NI-NI
1(asz@c) mi-at 5(u@c) _la2_ 1(disz@t) _|IB2+n(DISZ@t)| dar_ [...]
2(u@c) _ma-na_ 1(u@c) 2(asz@c) gin2 dilmun _ku3:babbar_
_nig2-sa10_
2(u@c) 3(asz@c) _dul3_
1(u@c) 6(asz@c) 'a3-da-um [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ebla (ca. 2350-2250 BC)) — ARET 03, 025. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: National Museum of Syria, Idlib, Syria (P242205) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P242205..

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