TMH 05, 179

~2400 BCE·Early Dynastic·P020593

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P020593.

Transliteration

1(gesz2@c) 3(u@c) 6(asz@c) e-gu4
2(asz@c) sag
sza3-be6-ta
1(u@c) 5(asz@c) e-gu4 SZE-GIN2 ab-gu7
5(u@c) e-gu4
2(disz@t)-kam-sze3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — TMH 05, 179. 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 (P020593) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P020593..

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