RIME 3/1.01.07.048, ex. add096

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P404780.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[]nin-gir2-su
[ur]-sag kal-ga
en-lil2-la2
lugal#-a-ni
gu3#-de2-a
ensi2#
lagasz#
[lu2] e2#-ninnu
[nin-gir2]-su#-ka
in#-du3-a
[e2]-PA# e2 ub 7(disz)-a-ni
[mu]-na-du3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC)) — RIME 3/1.01.07.048, ex. add096. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Oriental Museum, University of Durham, Durham, UK (P404780) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P404780..

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