FTP 006

~2550 BCE·Early Dynastic·P222080

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P222080.

Transliteration

2(asz@c) masz2
AB
1(asz@c) en-lil2
szu-gi4-a
ur2#-ni#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — FTP 006. 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 (P222080) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P222080..

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