LB 0003

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P247600.

Transliteration

1(gesz2@c) siki-HU
4(gesz2@c) 4(u@c) 3(asz@c) siki-ba gal-gal
1(gesz'u@c) la2 1(u@c) siki-ba us2
1(gesz2@c) 2(u@c) 4(asz@c) siki ur-[x]-HA-NI-a
1(asz@c) [6(disz@t) x x] sila3 PAP [x x]
1(asz@c) bar-udu siki bar-dul5
szu-nigin2 1(gesz'u@c) 7(gesz2@c) 5(asz@c) siki bar-udu
szul-me
agrig-e
e2-gal-la
mu-la2#
[...]
lugal-an-da
ensi2
lagasz 3(|ASZxDISZ@t|)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — LB 0003. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: de Liagre Böhl Collection, Netherlands Institute for the Near East, Leiden, Holland (P247600) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P247600..

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