Position in chronology
Genava 26, 5
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From the same catalogue range (near P225846)
Transliteration
1(asz@c) dug i3 nun i3 masz-da-re-a sipa ud5-ke4-ne 1(asz@c) dug 3(disz@t) sila3 i3 ud5 1(barig@c) 1(ban2@c) ga'ar a-i3-nun 1(u@c) sila3 i3 ur-e2-babbar2# i3 ud5 sipa ud5-ke4-ne lugal-an-da [...] e2 ezem#-da-ka ur-igi-ama-sze3 nu-banda3 e-na-de2 6(|ASZxDISZ@t|)
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — Genava 26, 5. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland (P225846) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P225846..
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