DP 103

~2400 BCE·Early Dynastic·P220753

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P220753.

Transliteration

1(asz@c) gir mu 1(disz@t)
gir dun-a
dingir-szesz-mu
unu3-kam
nin-gir2-su-lu2-mu
dal-muszen-da
na ba-da-ri
ku3-bi 1(u@c) gin2
sa6-sa6
dam URU-KA-gi-na
ensi2
lagasz-ka-ra
e2-gal-la
szu-na i3-ni-gi4 1(|ASZxDISZ@t|)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — DP 103. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P220753) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P220753..

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