DP 170

~2400 BCE·Early Dynastic·P220820

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P220820.

Transliteration

1(asz@c) 1(ban2@c) 3(disz@t) sila3 ninda dub kas sig15
1(ban2@c) 3(disz@t) sila3 ninda kum4-ma
2(ban2@c) bappir3-bi
3(ban2@c) munu4-bi
kas ge6 du10-ga
nin-e2-musz3-sze3
nin munus-ra
ba-na-de6
3(ban2@c) bappir3 kas sig15
5(ban2@c) munu4
kas-bi ki munus-ka
ba-sur
gu7-a
amar-giri16
lu2 lungax(|BIxNIG2|)-ka-kam 5(|ASZxDISZ@t|)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — DP 170. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P220820) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P220820..

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