OSP 1, 071

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P216122.

Transliteration

4(u@c) ziz2 lid2-ga
kin-nin-kam
5(u@c) 1(asz@c) 1(barig@c) 3(ban2@c) ziz2 gu4 gu7
lugal-nig2-bara4-du10
1(u@c) za3-mu
dumu a-ru-a
1(u@c) ur-ur
sa12-du5-me
ki ur-isztaran-ta
ab-ta-zi
iti apin-du8-a
nag-su kar gesztin-ta

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — OSP 1, 071. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P216122) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P216122..

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