RTC 205

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P250389.

Transliteration

4(gesz2) gesz-gal
9(gesz2) da
2(gesz2) da-da du
giri3 erin#-[da] sagi#
lu2-nigin6#[]
szu ba-ti
a-dam-szah2-ta#
mu e2 ga2-tum3-du10 ba-du3-a

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC)) — RTC 205. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P250389) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P250389..

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