DP 147

~2400 BCE·Early Dynastic·P220797

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P220797.

Transliteration

2(u@c) 2(asz@c) 2(barig@c) ziz2 babbar2 gur saggal
sa2-du11 iti 2(disz@t)-kam
amar-giri16
2(u@c) ziz2
sa2-du11 kas ge6
iti 1(disz@t)-a-ka ki-ba gar-ra-am6
i3-li2-be6-li2
lu2 lungax(|BIxNIG2|)-me
en-szu-gi4-gi4
agrig-ge
ganun igi-zi-mu-sze3-bar-ta
e-ne-ta-gar 6(|ASZxDISZ@t|)
3(disz@t) gar-am6

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — DP 147. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P220797) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P220797..

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