TMH 05, 033

~2400 BCE·Early Dynastic·P020447

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P020447.

Transliteration

4(asz@c) ku6
esz3-sze3!(TUG2)
4(asz@c) nin-urta
4(asz@c) dingir-mah
4(asz@c) en-ki PAP
4(asz@c) nin-tin-ugx(|EZENxHAL|)-ga [PAP?]
[x] 2(asz@c)#? an? PAP?
2(asz@c) en-lil2-zi
2(asz@c) en-ur
2(asz@c) utu PAP
2(asz@c) ir-da PAP

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — TMH 05, 033. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Germany (P020447) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P020447..

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