Position in chronology
TMH 05, 222
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P020643.
Transliteration
1(asz@c) aktum2 tug2 giri3-ni lu2# sud3-ur-sag-ra [x] x [lugal?-en]-lil2#-le [...]-ta#? [...] mu4-a [...] x an-na-mu4? sanga iri-sa12-rig7 i3-dab5-ba-a
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — TMH 05, 222. 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 (P020643) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P020643..
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