RIME 1.14.20.01, ex. 10

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P264680.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[...]
nisaba#
ga zi gu7-a
nin-hur-sag
lu2 mes-sanga-unu-[x]
sag a2 e3-[x]
nin-girimx(|A.BU.HA.DU|)#
nin unu-ga-ka#
agrig-mah
dingir-re-ne-ra#
u4 en-lil2#
lugal kur-kur-ra-ke4
lugal-za3-ge-si#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — RIME 1.14.20.01, ex. 10. 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 (P264680) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P264680..

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