DP 335

~2400 BCE·Early Dynastic·P220985

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P220985.

Transliteration

1(asz@c) lugal-gesz-bur2
1(disz@t) sza3-nu-gal2
1(asz@c) e2-i3-gara2-su3
1(disz@t) a2-nu-kusz2
1(asz@c) ur-szu-il2-la
1(disz@t) lugal-igi
1(asz@c) gu-u2
szu-nigin2 4(disz@t) 3(disz@t) sag dub
szu-ku6 zu2-lum-ma-me
en-ig-gal
nu-banda3
mu-bi-sze3 e-sar
gu-u2
ugula-bi 3(|ASZxDISZ@t|)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — DP 335. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P220985) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P220985..

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