DP 273

~2400 BCE·Early Dynastic·P220923

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P220923.

Transliteration

5(asz@c) dug i3 ab2 se3-ga
1(asz@c) 1(barig@c) ga'ar gur saggal
nam-dam
4(asz@c) dug i3
1(asz@c) ga'ar me-sag3-nu-di
szu-nigin2 1(u@c) la2 1(asz@c) dug i3 ab2
2(asz@c) 1(barig@c) ga'ar gur saggal
i3 ab2 u2-rum
en-en3-tar-zi
ensi2
lagasz-ke4
e2-gal-la
gurum2-bi e-ak 4(|ASZxDISZ@t|)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — DP 273. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P220923) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P220923..

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