TCBI 1, 016

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P382517.

Transliteration

1(asz@c) lu2-SZE3-na
kar-mud
1(asz@c) ig-nu-gi4
IM
1(asz@c) kun-ga2-ni#
aszgab

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) ?) — TCBI 1, 016. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: BdI 1, 019 (Banca d'Italia, Rome, Italy) — from Adab (mod. Bismaya) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P382517). source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P382517..

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