FAOS 15/2, 125

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P227560.

Transliteration

[x siki bar-udu]
[nimgir-esz3-a]-tum2
lu2#-nig2-ag2
3(asz@c) lu2# ma#-sa2 il2#-la
bar# udu 1(disz@t)-ta
[szu ba-ti]
lu2 sze a DU-a-me
bara2-nam-tar-ra
dam lugal-an-da
ensi2
lagasz#-ka-ke4
e-ne#-ba 2(|ASZxDISZ@t|)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — FAOS 15/2, 125. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: J. Pierpont Morgan Library Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (P227560) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P227560..

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