OSP 1, 100

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P216139.

Transliteration

3(u@c) 2(asz@c) eme3 ama-gan
7(asz@c) amar ansze kunga2 sig
2(asz@c) amar eme3 sig7 sig
6(asz@c) eme3 edin
2(asz@c) amar eme3 edin#
2(asz@c) amar# [...]
4(asz@c) ansze SZUL kas4
ur-szer7-da
sipa ansze-be6
lugal#-[...]
mu [...]
e2-szu-gur-ra
an-si-ga

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — OSP 1, 100. 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 (P216139) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P216139..

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