OSP 1, 082

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P221603.

Transliteration

3(u@c) zi3 munu4 kasz
2(barig@c) zi3 sig15
1(barig@c) zi3 gu
1(barig@c) zi3 za-tum
1(asz@c) 2(barig@c) sze-lid2-ga
[x] zu2#-lum lid2-ga
2(asz@c) [...]
4(asz@c) masz2 KU-a?
2(asz@c) gukkal
lul-gu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — OSP 1, 082. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P221603) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P221603..

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