Position in chronology
DP 546
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P221196.
Transliteration
2(bur3@c) 2(esze3@c) iku bir5-re2 gu7-a sze-numun sze gu4-re6 gu7-bi 8(asz@c) gur saggal 1(asz@c) sze sze asza5-ge tag-tag-dam inim-ma-ni-zi sag-apin-ra iti siki-ba-a en-ig-gal nu-banda3 ganun gibil-ta e-na#-ta-gar 4(|ASZxDISZ@t|)
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — DP 546. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P221196) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P221196..
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