MSCT 1, 160, MS 3047

~2550 BCE·Early Dynastic·P252059

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City-states, kings, the first wars.

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Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC) ?) — MSCT 1, 160, MS 3047. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Schøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway (P252059) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P252059..

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