Erm 14373

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P225760.

Transliteration

3(barig@c) sze
lu2 1(asz@c)-sze3
3(ban2@c)-ta
6(asz@c) igi-nu-du8
szu ba-ti
ur-sag
maszkim-bi
6(|ASZxDISZ@t|)?

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — Erm 14373. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation (P225760) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P225760..

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