Position in chronology
RIME 3/1.01.07.041, ex. 327
Translation · reference
ExperimentalSource: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P234253.
Why it matters
Transliteration
[]nin#-gir2-su [ur]-sag# kal-ga [en]-lil2-la2 lugal#-a-ni [gu3]-de2#-a ensi2# lagasz#-ke4 nig2#-du7-e pa mu-na-e3 [e2]-ninnu# anzu2-babbar2#-ra-ni [mu]-na#-du3 [ki-be2] mu#-na-gi4
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC)) — RIME 3/1.01.07.041, ex. 327. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P234253) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P234253..
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