RTC 065

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P221462.

Transliteration

1(asz@c) 2(barig@c) 4(ban2@c) sze gur saggal
sze gesz ur3 GAN2 dur9-re2 gar-ra
1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) sze gesz ur3
GAN2 u3-du10-ku4-kam
en-ig-gal
nu-banda3
iti udu-sze3 sze a nin-gir2-su-ka-ka
e2 ki-sal4-la-ta
e-na-ta-gar 3(|ASZxDISZ@t|)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — RTC 065. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P221462) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P221462..

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