MSVO 3, 24

~3100 BCE·Uruk Period·P005335

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P005335.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(N45) 6(N14) , PAP~a SZU |GISZxSZU2~a|
1(N45) 1(N14) 3(N01) , NIMGIR |EZEN~a+KI|
1(N45) 1(N14) 3(N01) , NIMGIR EN~a BIR3~a
1(N45) , GI6 BU~b NI~a
6(N14) , NIMGIR SZITA~a1 DU6~a
1(N45) , NIMGIR BA
5(N14) , E2~b DU
3(N34) 1(N14) , EN~a SZIM~a
1(N34) , MAR~a APIN~a
, GU7
6(N34) 1(N45) 1(N14) , GU7
4(N34) 2(N45) 2(N14) 3(N01) 3(N39~a) , GI GAN2
1(N48) 1(N34) 3(N14) 3(N01) 3(N39~a) , SZE~a KU~b2 SZIM~a GAL~a |1(N58).BAD~a|

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — MSVO 3, 24. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Land Berlin, Berlin, Germany (P005335) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P005335..

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