DP 293

~2400 BCE·Early Dynastic·P220943

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Transliteration

1(gesz2@c) 4(u@c) gir mun
6(gesz2@c) 2(u@c) 4(asz@c) agargara mun
4(gesz'u@c) la2 2(gesz2@c) sumasz
ku6 ab su-ga-kam
iti ezem munu4 gu7
nin-gir2-su-ka-ka
szu-ku6 ab-ba-ke4-ne
mu-de6
a2 e3-e3-de3
en-na-u4-mu
lu2 igi-nigin2-ra
en-ig-gal
nu-banda3
e-na-szid 2(|ASZxDISZ@t|)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — DP 293. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P220943) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no English translation stored at ingestion. P-number P220943..

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