DP 264

~2400 BCE·Early Dynastic·P220914

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P220914.

Transliteration

4(asz@c) dug i3-ir-a giri3
dug kur-bi 2(disz@t)-am6
en-szu
ka-szagan-ke4
szu-a bi2-gi4
en-ig-gal
nu-banda3
iti udu-sze3 sze [a] nin-gir2-[su]-ka-ka
e2-munus-a
i3-de2 2(|ASZxDISZ@t|)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — DP 264. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P220914) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P220914..

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