DP 293

~2400 BCE·Early Dynastic·P220943

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City-states, kings, the first wars.

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P220938 · ~2400 BCE

DP 288

“[...] split, its (individual) portions: 1380 (2(gešu) 3(geš2)) split a-dartun-fish, split, ... of the woman Li…”

P220937 · ~2400 BCE

DP 287

“[x] tar-fish, 8(gešʼ2) (480) ubi-fish — (for) Lugal-ša, weighed out (and) brought forth for the offering table…”

P220935 · ~2400 BCE

DP 285

“10 tar-loaves, 1 gu-gur10-loaf, 3 gu-ubi-loaves, 3 gab-carrying-loads of salt, 2 gurdub-vessels of aged agarga…”

P220956 · ~2400 BCE

DP 306

“1. 10 sumaš (fish) 2. — fish, (it is) a dusu-basket (of them) 3. Month: 'Festival, barley-eating 4. of Nanše' …”

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. No scholarly translation has been published; 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 published translation. P-number P220943..

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