TMH 05, 002

~2400 BCE·Early Dynastic·P020416

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P020416.

Why it matters

Transliteration

2(asz@c) tug2#?-du8
1(asz@c) bahar2
2(asz@c) a-ne-ne
1(asz@c) szu-sahar?
1(asz@c) la-ni
sipa
5(asz@c) sipa ansze
1(asz@c) szesz-pa3-da
2(asz@c) sipa ansze
1(asz@c) en-lil2-sa6-ga
[n] sipa ansze
UD?-UD
2(asz@c) sipa ansze
1(asz@c) il2
1(asz@c) lu2-tir

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — TMH 05, 002. 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 (P020416) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P020416..

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