ARET 03, 032

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P242212.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[...]-rum2
DAB5-LU2
1(asz@c) _|IB2+3(DISZ@t)| dar sa6 tug2_
il-da-mu
x-zu-[...]
1(asz@c) _gada_
ib-ri2-um
1(asz@c) 'a3-da-um 1(asz@c@90) _SAL_ 1(asz@c) _|IB2+3(DISZ@t)| dar tug2_
sa-ha-a
[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ebla (ca. 2350-2250 BC)) — ARET 03, 032. 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 (P242212) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P242212..

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