DP 543

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P221193.

Transliteration

1(u@c) 5(asz@c) sze gur saggal
iti guru7-im-du8-a
ganun ba-ba6-ta
e-ta-gar
1(u@c) 6(asz@c) 2(barig@c) sze
iti nin-gir2-su e2 gibil an-ta-sur-ra-ka
i3-lah5-a
ganun kiri6-ta
e-ta-gar
sze-numun sze gu4-re6 gu7-de3
di-utu
sag-apin geme2-ba-ba6-ka-ra
en-ig-gal
nu-banda3
e-na-ta-gar 4(|ASZxDISZ@t|)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — DP 543. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P221193) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P221193..

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