RTC 045

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P221442.

Transliteration

3(asz@c) u8
7(asz@c) MUNUS-U8 e3-li
1(u@c) 2(asz@c) sila4 nita e3:li
lul-gu e3-a
sila4-kam
zu2-si udu gal-gal-ka
en-ig-gal
nu-banda3
za3 bi2-szu4
ur-du6
szusz3
szu-na i3-ni-gi4
dub dagal-a nu-gar
la2-a nu-ta-zi 3(|ASZxDISZ@t|)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — RTC 045. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P221442) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P221442..

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