DP 292

~2400 BCE·Early Dynastic·P220942

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P220942.

Transliteration

5(asz@c) gu2 a-dar-tun2
ur-igi-ama-sze3
szu-[ku6] i7 mah-ke4
szu-a bi2-gi4
en-ig-gal
nu-banda3
e2 [e2-bar] [bil3-aga3-mes-sze3 du3-a]
[i3-kux(DU)]
bara2-nam-tar-ra
dam lugal-an-da
ensi2
lagasz-ka 3(|ASZxDISZ@t|)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — DP 292. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P220942) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P220942..

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